6 people found dead in locked room at luxury hotel

Bangkok police are investigating the mysterious deaths of six Vietnamese nationals, including two who also had US citizenship, at a luxury hotel in the city. Investigators believe the six people had been dead for about 24 hours when their bodies were found in a suite at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok on Tuesday, the BBC reports. Police said there were no signs of a struggle and that the three men and three women were likely poisoned, the BBC reports. Bangkok PostA meal sent to the room was found untouched, but the group had consumed coffee and tea, police said.

The two U.S. citizens were identified as Chong Sherine, 56, and Dang Hung Van, 55, according to the JobThe other four were identified as Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan, 47, Pham Hong Thanh, 49, Tran Dinh Phu, 37, and Nguyen Thi Phuong, 46. Police said seven people had been registered to stay at the hotel and one of them is missing, the BBC reports.

“We need to find out the motives,” Bangkok Police Commissioner Lt. Gen. Thiti Saengsawang said at a news conference Tuesday, according to the newspaper. Job“What we can prove now is that they did not die by suicide,” he added. The door to the hotel suite was locked from the inside and it appears that two victims tried to reach it but were unable to get out. Police sources told the AP that the victims, who were found by a maid after they failed to leave at the appointed time, were foaming at the mouth.
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