Young French Tourist’s Death No. 6 in Chiang Mai Link

THE revelation of a sixth death and the results of an investigation by Thailand’s Department of Disease Control has shed new light on the series of mysterious fatalities in Chiang Mai.

The sixth death involved a Frenchwoman – one of two who fell sick, a media release from the department says. It highlighted the exceptional nature of a complaint that appears to have struck down six young women aged 23-33 between January 9 and February 4, killing three of them.

These three deaths – the unnamed Frenchwoman, New Zealander Sarah Carter, 23, and American Mariam Soraya Vorster (Pandola), 33 – have been linked by the media to three other deaths, British pensioners George and Eileen Everitt, and Thai guide Waraporn Pungmahisiranon, 47.

Phuketwan.com