An American Vietnamese woman is believed to have killed five people with cyanide-laced tea before poisoning herself at an upscale Bangkok hotel after a legal dispute over bad investments, Thai police revealed Wednesday.
The six were scheduled to appear in a court later this month, but Chong invited them to meet at the hotel ahead of time to try to negotiate, Nopasilp said.The group, who had checked into the posh hotel at various points over the weekend, were last seen alive heading into the room on Monday afternoon, police said.Photos from the crime scene showed the cups and teapots strewn out across a table inside the room, while the room service food remained untouched.
The traces of cyanide were uncovered during the initial autopsies performed at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn Hospital, officials said. They have since determined that the person, who was a sibling of one of the six killed, had left Thailand on July 10 and is believed to have no involvement in the deaths.