UPDATE
THE Dutch news site omroepbrabant.nl and the Bangkok Post have named the dead man from the Netherlands as Stephan Henricus Maria Buczynski.
Original Report
PHUKET: Four Phuket expats have been found dead in a bad day for expats in Patong, police confirmed this evening.
The day began with reports of the finding of the body of a 26-year-old Dutchman in the sea off Patong beach.
He has a four-centimetre wound to the back of his head - possibly from a propeller blade.
Robbery has been dismissed as a motive because he was carrying a large sum of money in a waterproof pouch around his neck.
The second expat death of the day, Patong police said, was an Italian man whose body was found dead in a room at the Royal Paradise Hotel, off Rat-U-Tit 200 Pi Road.
Police said they had been told he was suffering from a chronic illness.
The third death came with a heart attack. It struck down the Danish owner of a guesthouse in Nanai Road.
The body of an Austrian man was found in Patong Condo apartments. He had been dead for several days, according to police.
Police couldn't remember a day when they had had so many calls to deal with deceased foreigners. All four bodies were taken to Patong Hospital.
Phuketwan, Thank you for reporting, although sad facts, being a mainly foreign readers media it is good for us readers that we are aware of such facts and make our own conclusions.
Posted by Happy Farang on January 13, 2013 19:31