The bodies were found by a maid Tuesday when the guests failed to check out.
Thai police interviews revealed that four of the six victims had invested money together and there may have been a dispute over debt relating to the investmentIn a press conference Wednesday, Bangkok Police Lt. Gen. Thiti Sangsawang identified two American dual nationals among the three Vietnamese men and three Vietnamese women who had died. Police said they were between 37 and 56 years old.Members of the media attend a press conference by the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok on Wednesday.
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said that the United States and Vietnamese embassies had been contacted over the deaths, and that the FBI was enroute to investigate, according to The Associated Press. The door to the room at the Grand Hyatt Erawan, Bangkok, was locked from the inside. Police, who found traces of cyanide in the tourist’s teacups, a tea flask and the blood of one of the dead men, said there was no sign of a struggle and that a full autopsy report is expected Thursday.
Police interviews revealed that four of the six victims had invested money together and that there may have been a dispute over debt relating to the investment. Noppasin Punsawat, Bangkok's deputy police chief, told a press conference that the investment had been intended to build a hospital in Japan.Given the personal nature of the situation, Noppasin said the case would likely not affect a conference with Russian Energy Minister set to take place at the hotel later Wednesday.
The men and women were last seen alive Monday afternoon when staff brought food and drinks to the room. CCTV footage then showed the six entering the room before closing the door for the last time.Lt. Gen. Trairong Piwpan, chief of the Thai police force’s forensic division, said that police have ruled out a mass suicide because members of the group had arranged activities with guides and drivers.
In 2023 in Thailand, a serial killer named Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, also known as “Am Cyanide,” was charged with poisoning 15 people with the , which interferes with the body's ability to absorb oxygen, over a number of years. She killed at least 14 people whom she owed money to with one person surviving, the Associated Press said. She was the nation’s worst serial killer and its first female one.
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