Numerous Western travelers have lost their lives under unexplained conditions on this small tropical island in recent years. Boyne Annesley believes her 23-year-old daughter, Christina Annesley, from Orpington, southeast London, was killed on Koh Tao Island in January 2015. The college graduate, who was in the second week of a four-month backpacking trip in South East Asia, was found dead in his bungalow in January 2015.
Hidden camera footage, inconclusive blood samples, and rumors of a mysterious Swedish man made Christina’s father suspicious. The father, who was convinced that his daughters were killed after his own investigations, said they wanted justice. He stated that they initially accepted what the Thai authorities had said, as they knew nothing but what they said. However, he stated that when they later identified a person who was with their daughter, no information they requested from the authorities was provided.
‘They KNOW SOMETHING IS COMING TO THEM’
Through his own investigations and conversations with witnesses, he discovered that the room in which his daughter was staying had been given to someone else “three hours after her body was retrieved.” He added that some of the witnesses they spoke with were “too scared” to testify, and that showed what kind of culture they had. “They don’t come forward because they know something will happen to them.” said.
Ben Harrington Pat’s mother was never convinced by local police’s statement that her 32-year-old son died by breaking his neck when he hit a lamppost on a nighttime scooter ride in August 2012. An autopsy in England later revealed that the young man died not from a neck fracture but from a rupture in his aorta.
The mother said that they said they would cremate the body the next day and that she had to call the Ministry of Interior to stop it. After the body was evacuated, an autopsy conducted in England revealed that most of his bones were broken, but the only bone that was not broken was his neck.
“I had no proof that Ben was murdered. There were no witnesses. I just had my suspicions. His body came to me without a wallet or anything. My suspicions are that it was a robbery gone wrong. They didn’t do any investigation, but as long as I can breathe.” I’ll try to find the answers.” said.
There are similar statements from families about many other deaths in the region. Families do not trust the research and the authenticity of the information.
DETERMINED TO REVEAL THE TRUTH
British reporter Suzanne Buchanan researched the cases extensively and published a book on the subject called ‘The Curse of the Tortoise’. He challenged the validity of investigations by Thai police, claiming he had too much evidence, and spoke of “powerful local families who run the island without having to obey any laws.” She claimed that the cops did not investigate deeply and distorted the facts, she said.
Buchanan, who left Thailand in 2016 after receiving death threats for his reports, reached out to the victims’ families to form a support group. The reporter said she was forced to leave her home country for 20 years after Thai authorities issued an arrest warrant accusing her of “spreading false information” and “violating the computer crime law” but is still determined to uncover the truth about the deaths.