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Mysterious deaths at Thai resort - Manager blames binge drinking
Seattle couple Jill St. Onge and Ryan Kells took a three month romantic vacation in Southeast Asia. Jill St. Onge, 27, agreed to be Ryan Kells' wife on the trip, and the couple was engaged when they arrived at the Laleena guesthouse on Phi Phi island (above).
Jill kept an online journal where she described her trip as idyllic: "So amazing... just drinking eating and living so cheaply and having a blast. Food, drink, good books, sun and warm waters... What else do ya need?"
That was on April 26. On May 2nd, Kells found St. Onge vomiting in their room, and tried to rush her to the hospital in a shopping cart. Within 12 hours, the healthy 27 year old was dead -- and no one knows why.
To make matters worse, another woman, a 22 year old from Norway, also died at the Thai resort the same weekend. According to AC360, "The manager of the Laleena guesthouse has said in published reports that he believes the women's deaths came from drinking heavily."
Kells believes something in the room killed his fiancee. He felt ill there, and spent less time in the room than St. Onge did.
Naturally there is an investigation into the deaths, but it is expected to take some time. If there's anything to be learned here, it's that when you're a stranger in a strange land, keep tabs on your health. If you feel sick in the room, get out of the room -- and, of course, don't drink too much, but we think it's unlikely that two healthy young women coincidentally drank themselves to death at the same random resort on the same weekend.
Visit Jill St. Onge's blog, which has been updated by Kells since his return to the states with his fiancee's ashes, to read more.
[via AC360]
