The five Vietnamese tourists found dead in a room at the luxury Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, had filed a complaint against Sherine Chong, the main suspect, for fraud more than a decade ago.
According to the newspaper Bangkok Postthe woman convinced the victims, who lived in San Francisco, that she could help them obtain American citizenship in exchange for large sums of money.
The complaint, however, ended up being archived by prosecutors.
Thai authorities believe Sherine Song is the possible perpetrator of the crime at the luxury hotel in the capital of the Asian country. The woman was also found dead in the room, with signs of poisoning. The investigation determined that there were no signs of the door being forced open and that, due to the history of tension between the participants, it was plausible that Sherine had committed suicide by ingesting the toxic substance she had put in the victims’ tea. The dispute was allegedly over money.
“The case probably stems from a debt problem. There are no other possibilities. The culprit is among the six dead because they were the only people who entered the room. There was no one else,” said the head of the investigation.
Preliminary results indicate that six cups were found in the room, each with a small amount of white powder residue. The food in the room was untouched and tea, energy drinks and honey were found in the bathroom.
According to hotel staff, quoted by Bangkok PostSherine Chong was alone in Room 502 when the victims arrived. She had ordered food and tea from room service, but declined the waiter’s offer to make tea in her room, saying she would prepare it herself.
Thai police are still investigating the origin of the cyanide used to kill six tourists found in a luxury room in Bangkok, the capital of the Asian country. According to the Bangkok Post newspaper, authorities are now trying to determine whether the poison was smuggled or purchased locally.
Source: www.cmjornal.pt
