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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bangkok, Thailand – 16 July 2024
1. Wide of hotel where six bodies were found
2. Wide of hotel entrance
3. Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin arriving outside Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, walking through media scrum
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bangkok, Thailand – 17 July 2024
4. Wide of news conference
5. Wide of media and police officers
6. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Noppasin Punsawat, Bangkok deputy police chief
“We found traces of cyanide in the cups that we found in the room. There was cyanide in all six cups.”
7. Wide of panelists arriving for news conference
8. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Dr. Kornkiat Vongpaisarnsin, Forensics Professor:
“What we saw from the blood tests was that the blood was bright red in color, quite different to other cases. This is what leads the autopsy team to surmise that poison was ingested, most likely cyanide."
9. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE:
Initial autopsy results showed traces of cyanide in the blood of six people who were found dead in a room at a central Bangkok luxury hotel.
The bodies were found Tuesday in Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in downtown Bangkok.
They had last been seen alive Monday afternoon when food was delivered to the room.
Police said cyanide was found in drinking containers. On Wednesday, medical officials said cyanide was likely the cause of death.
The dead were two Vietnamese Americans and four Vietnamese nationals — three men and three women.
Officials say a husband and wife among the dead had invested about $278,000 with two of the others, suggesting money was a motive.
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