Inhabitant Phuket shocked by the discovery of the corpse of a tourist in the Yanui Beach area. It was reported that the body turned out to be a citizen of the United States (US).
Reported from Tiger, Saturday (30/7/2022), a fisherman found a corpse floating on a rocky part of the beach at Windmill Viewpoint, Phuket, Thailand. It was later discovered that the body was a US citizen.
When receiving the report of this discovery, the coast guard took about 2 hours to remove the body. The condition of the corpse has begun to decompose. It is suspected that the body had died 7 days ago.
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When found the body in a prone position. His face was among the rocks, while his legs were folded. Since it had been quite a while, his skin had swelled up.
Officers found his hotel keys and a South Korean residency card on his body. He wore a t-shirt with the Heineken logo and pocket shorts containing his passport and 30,000 baht in cash.
The body was identified as John Joseph Sheridan, 74 years old. It was reported that Sheridan appeared to have fallen from the balcony where tourists were looking at the view. But because no one knows about this incident, he bleeds to death.
This is estimated after seeing the location where the body was found. The location is in front of a viewing deck or a viewing deck on the northern part of Yanui Beach.
“We believe he fell from the viewing deck and hit the sharp rocks below before dying from blood loss. CCTV around the area will be checked for further investigation purposes,” Chalong Police Chief Colonel Karat Plaidueng said.
Sheridan’s body was then taken to Vachira Hospital Phuket to get an autopsy. Meanwhile, the United States Embassy has been notified of this incident.
Quoted from Daily Mailin a follow-up investigation, Lieutenant Colonel Jarus Lempan added that the hotel where Sheridan was staying stated that their guest had disappeared.
“We have checked the CCTV in the path the tourist was traveling in. The hotel said that the elderly tourist had disappeared,” said Jarus Lempan.
Furthermore, authority Phuket will coordinate with the US Embassy to determine the steps to be taken.
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