A BRITISH woman was found dead with her boyfriend in a Thai hotel room after they drank a deadly cocktail of drugs.
Rebecca Turner’s mum is now pleading with party-goers after the 36-year-old and partner Sam Melnick died in Bangkok earlier this year.
6
Rebecca Turner died after taking a cocktail of drugs in ThailandCredit: SWNS
6
The 36-year-old is believed to have thought she was taking cocaineCredit: SWNS
6
Mum Anita Turner with daughter Rebecca Credit: SWNS
Mum Anita Turner, 64, from Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, said her daughter thought she was taking cocaine while traveling on March 15.
But the powder turned out to be a cocktail of nine different substances, including painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs.
Anita was left broken by the tragedy.
She said: “Every morning I wake up and see her picture and I just cry and cry. It kills me. The pain of losing a child is indescribable. You can’t imagine that kind of pain until it happens to you.
“There’s a huge drug problem out there and you just don’t know what you’re getting or how strong it is. You have to be very careful. It’s really not worth the risk.”
Rebecca was due to return to the UK in April.
She attended a friend’s wedding in Laos before she and Sam, a self-employed gas engineer and plumber, checked into Bangkok’s Khaosan Palace Hotel on March 15.
CCTV showed Sam entering the hotel half an hour before Rebecca that day.
He texted his friend that he had just bought cocaine, Anita said.
Instead, he brought a cocktail of opiates, morphine, codeine, noscapine, benzodiazepines, temazepam, lorazepam, diazepam and monoacetylmorphine to the hotel room.
A doctor who tried to save a ‘methanol injection’ victim from Laos reveals the terrifying speed of the poisoning tragedy
Rebecca and Sam are believed to have died at around 1pm and their bodies were discovered by friends who were looking for them.
Anita said: “So many people are dying and people need to know about this.
“That time [where Rebecca was staying] it’s especially bad — the boy died of the same thing just the day before.
“I just want to pat people on the back and tell them: I’m just asking you not to take anything.”
6
Rebecca attended a wedding in Laos Credit: SWNS
6
Rebecca was a seasoned traveler in Southeast AsiaCredit: SWNS
Anita was sent an autopsy report from Thailand, but said parts were censored.
She said: “Thai authorities have been unhelpful and unhelpful.
“They said they could get all her stuff in three months, but it took more than six.
“They don’t want people to know how big the problem is out there.”
Rebecca’s travel insurance covered the cost of bringing her body home before the funeral on May 10.
She had a Buddhist memorial day in September, and the money was raised for the school where she volunteered, in Thailand.
A British inquest into Rebecca’s death is expected to be heard in January.
Rebecca’s death comes months before six young backpackers died just hours after downing free vodkas in party hub Laos.
But the drink was mixed with methanol, poisoning those who drank it.
Eight employees of the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng were detained on Monday after workers allegedly refused to call an ambulance for dying guests.
It is not yet known how these drinks could have been spiked, but some locals have revealed how a factory error could have led to the disaster, The Sun reported.
Anonymous sources said Tiger vodka, which sells for 36 pence a bottle, was made at a site owned by the communist government of Laos, the Sun Herald reported.
6
Bangkok City Panorama Credit: Alamy
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: HIS Education