Swiss tourist found strangled on Krabi beach

A 30 year Swiss tourist has been found strangled on a Krabi beach. She's been identified as one Edis Jungen. The report can be seen here: Swiss tourist found strangled

Always sad when something like this happens especially considering Krabi is relatively off the beaten track and not renowned as a party animal resort.

According to the latest reports, the woman wasn't murdered and the original headlines were wrong.
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KRABI, May 7 (TNA) - Swiss woman was found dead in the southern province of Krabi Thursday morning. The cause of her death remained unclear and initial investigation indicated it was not murder.

Krabi Deputy Governor, Chailert Pinyorattanachote, said a preliminary investigation indicated the 30-year-old Swiss woman might have drowned, as there were no serious wounds on her body, except a bruise on her head.

Mr. Chailert said the woman was identified as Edith Jungen. She was found dead around 6 am in shallow water not far from her hotel in Ao Nang bay.

Regarding the bruise on her forehead, the deputy governor said the deceased might have fallen and hit her head on a rock, then drowned.

Lt.-Col. Wittaya Meksai, head of the investigation team, said the body was to be sent for an autopsy at Songklanagarind Hospital.

Investigators were also assigned to search out the locations Ms. Jungen might have been before her death.

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The autopsy on the body of a Swiss woman found dead on a beach in Krabi province has revealed no trace of rape or abuse.

Deputy Governor of Krabi province, Chailert Pinyoratthanachote, and the medical team of Krabi hospital revealed at today’s press conference that the autopsy on the body of 41-year-old Edis Jungen - who was found dead on Nopparutthara beach in Muang district yesterday morning- revealed no traces of rape or abuse.

She is believed to have been dead for some six to eight hours before her body was discovered.

The medical team however, have not ruled out drowning and the woman's remains will be forwarded to the forensic science department for further clarification. An examination of her possessions is still incomplete as it is still unclear where she was staying before she was found dead .

However, investigators have disclosed that an unidentified foreigner apparently picked her up when she checked out of a hotel in the Nopparutthara beach area.

The authorities are now investigating the exact cause of her death to avoid any negative effects on the province’s tourism industry.