Cowshed Cowboy wrote:I think this is it at my local beach GM on Wednesday by the looks of it. At first I thought the age looked iffy but I assume the guy they are interviewing is the young lad mentioned in the report, and I immediately thought the dyed blonde onlooker wearing the tent looked Russki. The story fits.


Russian woman drowns at Jomthien beach
BY EDITOR ON 2015-05-21 THAIVISA NEWS

Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A 76-year-old Russian woman was found drowned at the Jomthien Beach near Pattaya, Chon Buri, Wednesday evening, police said. Pol Lt Col Chalermkiart Sirimark, an officer on duty of Pattaya police station, was alerted of the incident at 6 pm Wednesday. He was told that a foreign tourist drowned at the Jomthien Beach in front of Soi 1 Jomthien Beach in Moo 12 village in Tambon Nong Plua of Bang Lamung district. Chalermkiart rushed to the scene with rescuers from the Sawang Boribun Thammasathan Pattaya Foundation. The officials found the body Nina Bahoma lying on the beach. A forensic doctor checked and did not find any trace of assault on her body. Her sandals, hat and lotion were found in a bag left on the beach. Her friend was crying near the body. An eyewitness, Chit Jaimun, 23, said while he was thronging the beach, he spotted a body floating with face down near the buoy floats to mark swimming zone. At the moment, he saw two tourists, who appeared like a father and a son, rushed to the sea to pull the body back to the beach. They found that the Russian tourist has already died.Police believe the woman might suffer an attack of her chronic aliment or might be hit by a cramp, causing her to drown. Her body will be sent to the Police Hospital’s Institute of Forensic Medicine for an autopsy. And police will inform the Russian Embassy to locate her relatives to claim the body for religious service, Chalermkiart said.