American Expat Robert Owen Durkin From Pennsylvania Kills Himself in Phnom Penh by Slitting His Wrists

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American Expat Robert Owen Durkin From Pennsylvania Kills Himself in Phnom Penh by Slitting His Wrists

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Expat Robert Owen Durkin (Bob Durkin) was found dead in his guesthouse room yesterday. RIP
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Re: US citizen Robert Durkin, 63, died in PP.

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Any details? Another heart attack?
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taabarang wrote:Any details? Another heart attack?
Looks like it was suicide. Slit wrists and medication. How sad.
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Phnom Penh: American drug levels knife slitting their wrists bled to death in a pool of competent and aware of the incident, 3 hours and 15 minutes On 04 October 2016 at home by Sap position No. 4, 6, room 105, 104 8th Street Wat Phnom Daun Penh district.

Local police said that on 04 October 2016, a waiter at the inn above the scene found the victim to eat As always, there are also doubts knock on the room, but there was no response. Then he looked through the window, saw the victim lying dead in a pool of blood, and reported to our jurisdiction.

Around the scene, they found the door locked and the security key from the inside. When the cops security lock and key exhumed and found the door was deposited inside suitcases next to the bodies left lying in a pool of tingling in fertility a fillet knife. And on its body left emotional scars on 7.

Police said the bodies DURKIN ROBERT OWEN male.. Birth 18. September 1953 business tourism passport number 546084227 room scene 15 August 2016 expired visa lodged on 17 August 2017 by the Phnom Penh International airport.

After cops suck urine out of the body to analyze the type of drug found Mak ft. According to traditional concluded he died of dehydration blood from suicide.


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ប៉ូលិស​បន្តថា សាកសព​ឈ្មោះ DURKIN ROBERT OWEN ភេទ ប្រុស ថ្ងៃ​.​ខែ​.​ឆ្នាំ​កំណើត ១៨.​កញ្ញា​ឆ្នាំ​១៩៥៣ មុខរបរ ទេសចរណ៍​កាន់​លិខិតឆ្លងដែន​លេខ ៥៤៦០៨៤២២៧ ស្នាក់នៅ​បន្ទប់​កើតហេតុ ចូល​កម្ពុជា​ថ្ងៃទី ១៥ ​សីហា ​ឆ្នាំ ​២០១៦ ផុតកំណត់​​ទិ​ដ្ឋ​កា​ស្នាក់នៅ​ថ្ងៃទី​១៧ សីហា ​ឆ្នាំ​ ២០១៧​ តាម​ច្រក​ព្រលានយន្តហោះ​អន្តរជាតិ​ភ្នំពេញ​។​

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Re: American Robert Owen Durkin From Pennsylvania Kills Himself in Phnom Penh by Slitting His Wrists

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It's at moments like this one when I both lament and rejoice in the fact that I'm illiterate in Cambodian. If I could read the language I most likely would know what happened. On the other hand I would miss out on "a waiter at the inn above the scene found the victim to eat "or "After cops suck urine out of the body..." and "and found the door was deposited inside suitcases next to the bodies left lying in a pool of tingling in fertility a fillet knife. "

All of which does very little to contribute to the genuine pathos of the victim's demise.
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Very sad.

It seems Robert Durkin was in Calmette Hospital in bad shape days before taking his life.

He was desperately looking for someone to help him with translations, offering any amount of cash, and he says he had a perforated lung, which caused his face to swell, making him look like "Fat Bastard" from the Austin Powers movies.

Rest in Peace.

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And why is his passport only valid for 2 years? It was issued in 2016 and expires in 2018.

Emergency passport or something?
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General Mackevili wrote:And why is his passport only valid for 2 years? It was issued in 2016 and expires in 2018.

Emergency passport or something?
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^^ Beat me to it!
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Raybull wrote:
General Mackevili wrote:And why is his passport only valid for 2 years? It was issued in 2016 and expires in 2018.

Emergency passport or something?
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General Mackevili wrote:
Raybull wrote:
General Mackevili wrote:And why is his passport only valid for 2 years? It was issued in 2016 and expires in 2018.

Emergency passport or something?
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I'm still scratching my head. Come on, spill the beans!
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