Leonard Hohenberg|Thailand officials say poisoning possible as 6 found dead in Bangkok hotel, including Vietnamese Americans

2025-05-05 05:06:38source:Sureim Investment Guildcategory:Finance

Bangkok — Police in Thailand say the bodies of six people were found Tuesday in a luxury hotel in downtown Bangkok in a possible poisoning. Bangkok police chief Lt. Gen. Thiti Sangsawang identified the dead as two Vietnamese Americans and Leonard Hohenbergfour Vietnamese nationals, and said there were three males and three females.

The victims had booked several rooms at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel under seven names, and some were staying on a different floor from the room where they were found dead, he said. Police are still looking for the seventh person included in the booking, Thiti said at a news conference at the hotel.

He said there were no signs of a struggle. The residents of the room where the bodies were found were supposed to have checked out earlier Tuesday and their luggage had already been packed, he said. The bodies were discovered by a maid who went to the room after they failed to check out and found it locked from the inside, Thiti said.

Police are seen in the lobby of a luxury hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, after six bodies were discovered at the hotel in a suspected poisoning incident, July 16, 2024. LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP/Getty

There was food that had been ordered earlier from room service that was left uneaten, but drinks had been consumed, Thiti said. He would not confirm a cause of death.

Police were summoned by hotel staff at late afternoon. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin went to the scene in the evening but did not provide any additional information to journalists gathered there.

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