Thai police say the deaths of six people were likely due to cyanide poisoning.
Six people who were found dead in room of a luxury hotel in central Bangkok, likely drinking tea and coffee laced with cyanide after an argument.
Thai police reported this on July 18, CNN reports.
The gruesome discovery was made on July 17 when staff at the five-star Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel in the Thai capital entered a fifth-floor suite after guests had missed check-out by more than 24 hours.
When police arrived at the scene, they found the bodies of three men and three women, a table full of untouched food wrapped in plastic, and cups with traces of white powder. The door was locked from the inside, although the back door remained open, police said.
Authorities initially said they were looking for a seventh person involved in the hotel reservation. But on Wednesday they rejected that line of inquiry, saying they believed one of the dead poisoned the others with the fast-acting lethal chemical cyanide.
According to Thai police, the dead included two Vietnamese-American women – 56-year-old Sherin Chong and 55-year-old Dang Hung Van – and four Vietnamese citizens – 46-year-old Thi Nguyen Phuong, her 49-year-old husband Hong Pham Thanh, 47-year-old Thi Nguyen Phuong Lan and 37-year-old Dinh Tran Phu.
Trayrong Phiephan police forensic bureau chief said at a press conference that cyanide was found in cups in the hotel room and there were traces of cyanide in at least one of the blood samples taken from the deceased man. of this chemical.
“Cyanide was found in the liquid inside the teapot and in all six coffee cups,” Trairong said.
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