BANGKOK — Thai police said they are awaiting detailed autopsy results to determine the cause of death of a British tourist found dead in a Bangkok hotel on 13 January, as additional forensic details emerged.
The deceased was identified as Joshua Kershaw, a 21-year-old British national from Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Khaosod English was told by officers at Lumpini Police Station that police received a report at 15:16 on 13 January that a foreign man had been found dead in a hotel room on Sukhumvit Soi 7/1 in Watthana district. Officers responded to the scene together with a forensic doctor.
Police said the body was found lying on its back on the floor of the hotel room. An initial examination found bruising on the back of the man’s right hand, fine white foam around the mouth and pale conjunctiva in both eyes. No bleeding spots were found and there were no signs of injury to the inner lips. The cause of death could not be determined at that stage, police said.
The body was sent for a detailed post-mortem examination at the forensic institute at Chulalongkorn Hospital. Police told Khaosod English that the full autopsy results are expected within the next few days and that no further details can be released while the examination is ongoing.
The case drew attention after Kershaw’s family in the UK said they had been searching for him and only learned nine days later that he had already died.
Police said they were notified of the death on 13 January and confirmed that the British Embassy was informed immediately after officers inspected the scene on the first day.
The investigation remains ongoing pending the autopsy findings.
