Italian tourist killed in Rama VIII Bridge suicide re-identified as Maurizio Tosabori: Jongrak
BANGKOK: -- Deputy police commissioner-general Jongrak Chuthanont announced Wednesday that the Italian tourist suspected to be the one killed by a hanging suicide at the Rama VIII Bridge has been found alive and police have learnt the real identity of the victim.
Jongrak told a press conference that that 49-year-old Italian Jaeta Jiovani was still alive. Earlier, police thought Jiovani was the person killed by decapitation caused by the hanging at the bridge because he went missing from Rex Hotel over the weekend.
Jongrak said the vicitm was identified by the Italian Embassy as an Italian citizen, whose name was Maurizio Tosabori, 53.
Jongrak said Tosabori rented a room of Wimol Jaijong on Khao Sarn Road and could not pay the rent so Wimol asked him to leave.
Wimol told police that Tosabori disappeared on Saturday. His head was found hanging by the bridge on Sunday and his body was retrieved on Monday.
-- The Nation 2009-02-25
BANGKOK: -- Police believe the Italian man who hung himself from the Rama VIII bridge committed suicide because of unemployment and illnesses.
The man had chronic diseases -- he coughed all the time and had a tumor in his stomach, Deputy National Police chief Jongrak Juthanont told reporters on Wednesday.
Police identified the man as Maoricio Tosadori, 54. He was an architect.
The man is not Giovanni Gaeta as local media have reported, Pol Gen Jongrak said.
The identification came after investigators found a hostel owner in Khao San road where Maoricio rented the room.
The owner, Mrs Wimon Jongjai, said Maoricio stayed at her hostel for free for two weeks before he disappeared on Saturday, after she asked him to vacate the room because her worker will stay there.
Police have checked the room and found Maoricio's belongings including his passport. A letter was also found in the room. He left the message for Mrs Wimon, thanking her for the accomodation and apologising her for not paying the rent.
-- Bangkok Post 2009-02-25
Update:
Police identify Italian whose head found hanging from a bridge
BANGKOK: -- Thai police on Wednesday identified a foreigner whose head was found hanging from Rama VIII Bridge as Italian Maurizio Tosadori, 53.
Deputy Police Chief Pol Gen Jongrak Jutanont said that Wimon Jaijong, owner of a guesthouse, contacted police and confirmed that the dead was Mr Tosadori.
Police initially believed the dead man was another Italian Jaeta Jiovani and distributed his photos for the public to help identify the man.
Jongrak said in a press conference on Wednesday that Jiovanni already contacted his embassy in Bangkok that he is still alive.
"After being alerted by Khun Wimon, police went to search a room of Wimon's guesthouse where Mr Tasadori stayed on Samsen Road, Phranakhon district. Found in the room included Tasadori's passport which showed that he entered Thailand on February 6 this year from Cambodia," Jongrak told reporters.
Also found was a letter written in English dated February 21, 2009 for Wimon which read, "Thanks you very much for everything. I'm sorry for the inconvenience." The letter was signed by Tasadori.
Photos found in the room showed that Tasadori had small lump near the left forehead, Jongrak said, the head found hanging from the bridge had also a small lump at the same position. His document showed that he was an architect.
"Mr Tasadori had stayed at Khun Wimon's guesthouse for more than two weeks without paying any renting fees. Recently Wimon asked him to move out as she wanted the room for other guests. Maybe Mr Tasadori had no place to go and felt guilty, so he committed suicide.
That's why he wrote an apology letter for Wimon, Jongrak said. Tasadori had came to Thailand many times.
Wimon told reporters that Mr Tasadori went missing from the guesthouse on February 21 and she tried to reach his mobile phone but failed. She knew that he died from the media.
"Maurizio was poor and a chain smoker. He fell sick several times. He always left the guesthouse in the morning to find a job. He came back in the afternoon and had dinner at the guesthouse's restaurant. During his stay, he paid me Bt2,000, saying it's for his meals.," she said.
He told Wimon that he wanted to marry and had children.
-- The Nation 2009-02-25
hai police identify decapitated foreigner as Italian
BANGKOK: -- Thai police on Wednesday identified a foreigner whose head was found at the weekend hanging by a rope off a Bangkok bridge as an Italian tourist who committed suicide after being evicted from his guesthouse for not paying the rent.
General Jongrak Chuthanont, deputy police commissioner, identified the decapitated man as Maurizio Tosadori, 54, an architect from Verona, Italy.
Tosadori's head was found Sunday attached to a mountain-climbing rope hanging 5 metres below Bangkok's Rama VIII bridge, which crosses the Chao Phraya River in north-east Bangkok.
His body was found in the river Monday.
Jongrak said Tosadori had entered Thailand on February 6 from Cambodia. The Italian tourist had been asked to leave his guesthouse on Khao Sarn Road, a popular backpacker hangout in Bangkok, on Saturday after failing to pay the rent for two weeks.
Wimol Jaijong, the guesthouse owner, said Tosadori appeared to be frequently sick and had many medicines in his room.
Initially, foul play was suspected in Tosadori's death as police assumed the head had been left as a warning in an organized-crime-style slaying.
Thai doctors who conducted an autopsy said the most likely cause of death was suicide with the 5-metre drop and strong gravitational pull tearing the torso from the head, which remained tied to the rope.
The suicide theory appeared to be verified by a spray of blood on the side of the bridge found just above where the head was hanging.
"We are conducting a DNA test on the blood to verify it is Tosadori's," police Lieutenant Colonel Atcharat Haemthanon said.
But the identify of the person mentioned in Tosadori's apparent suicide note left on the bridge railing remained a mystery.
Written on the railing was the sentence in English, "Cath. I want but I cannot. ... I came to Bangkok to be with you."
Jongrak told a press conference that that 49-year-old Italian Jaeta Jiovani was still alive. Earlier, police thought Jiovani was the person killed by decapitation caused by the hanging at the bridge because he went missing from Rex Hotel over the weekend.
Jongrak said the vicitm was identified by the Italian Embassy as an Italian citizen, whose name was Maurizio Tosabori, 53.
Jongrak said Tosabori rented a room of Wimol Jaijong on Khao Sarn Road and could not pay the rent so Wimol asked him to leave.
Wimol told police that Tosabori disappeared on Saturday. His head was found hanging by the bridge on Sunday and his body was retrieved on Monday.
-- The Nation 2009-02-25
BANGKOK: -- Police believe the Italian man who hung himself from the Rama VIII bridge committed suicide because of unemployment and illnesses.
The man had chronic diseases -- he coughed all the time and had a tumor in his stomach, Deputy National Police chief Jongrak Juthanont told reporters on Wednesday.
Police identified the man as Maoricio Tosadori, 54. He was an architect.
The man is not Giovanni Gaeta as local media have reported, Pol Gen Jongrak said.
The identification came after investigators found a hostel owner in Khao San road where Maoricio rented the room.
The owner, Mrs Wimon Jongjai, said Maoricio stayed at her hostel for free for two weeks before he disappeared on Saturday, after she asked him to vacate the room because her worker will stay there.
Police have checked the room and found Maoricio's belongings including his passport. A letter was also found in the room. He left the message for Mrs Wimon, thanking her for the accomodation and apologising her for not paying the rent.
-- Bangkok Post 2009-02-25
Update:
Police identify Italian whose head found hanging from a bridge
BANGKOK: -- Thai police on Wednesday identified a foreigner whose head was found hanging from Rama VIII Bridge as Italian Maurizio Tosadori, 53.
Deputy Police Chief Pol Gen Jongrak Jutanont said that Wimon Jaijong, owner of a guesthouse, contacted police and confirmed that the dead was Mr Tosadori.
Police initially believed the dead man was another Italian Jaeta Jiovani and distributed his photos for the public to help identify the man.
Jongrak said in a press conference on Wednesday that Jiovanni already contacted his embassy in Bangkok that he is still alive.
"After being alerted by Khun Wimon, police went to search a room of Wimon's guesthouse where Mr Tasadori stayed on Samsen Road, Phranakhon district. Found in the room included Tasadori's passport which showed that he entered Thailand on February 6 this year from Cambodia," Jongrak told reporters.
Also found was a letter written in English dated February 21, 2009 for Wimon which read, "Thanks you very much for everything. I'm sorry for the inconvenience." The letter was signed by Tasadori.
Photos found in the room showed that Tasadori had small lump near the left forehead, Jongrak said, the head found hanging from the bridge had also a small lump at the same position. His document showed that he was an architect.
"Mr Tasadori had stayed at Khun Wimon's guesthouse for more than two weeks without paying any renting fees. Recently Wimon asked him to move out as she wanted the room for other guests. Maybe Mr Tasadori had no place to go and felt guilty, so he committed suicide.
That's why he wrote an apology letter for Wimon, Jongrak said. Tasadori had came to Thailand many times.
Wimon told reporters that Mr Tasadori went missing from the guesthouse on February 21 and she tried to reach his mobile phone but failed. She knew that he died from the media.
"Maurizio was poor and a chain smoker. He fell sick several times. He always left the guesthouse in the morning to find a job. He came back in the afternoon and had dinner at the guesthouse's restaurant. During his stay, he paid me Bt2,000, saying it's for his meals.," she said.
He told Wimon that he wanted to marry and had children.
-- The Nation 2009-02-25
hai police identify decapitated foreigner as Italian
BANGKOK: -- Thai police on Wednesday identified a foreigner whose head was found at the weekend hanging by a rope off a Bangkok bridge as an Italian tourist who committed suicide after being evicted from his guesthouse for not paying the rent.
General Jongrak Chuthanont, deputy police commissioner, identified the decapitated man as Maurizio Tosadori, 54, an architect from Verona, Italy.
Tosadori's head was found Sunday attached to a mountain-climbing rope hanging 5 metres below Bangkok's Rama VIII bridge, which crosses the Chao Phraya River in north-east Bangkok.
His body was found in the river Monday.
Jongrak said Tosadori had entered Thailand on February 6 from Cambodia. The Italian tourist had been asked to leave his guesthouse on Khao Sarn Road, a popular backpacker hangout in Bangkok, on Saturday after failing to pay the rent for two weeks.
Wimol Jaijong, the guesthouse owner, said Tosadori appeared to be frequently sick and had many medicines in his room.
Initially, foul play was suspected in Tosadori's death as police assumed the head had been left as a warning in an organized-crime-style slaying.
Thai doctors who conducted an autopsy said the most likely cause of death was suicide with the 5-metre drop and strong gravitational pull tearing the torso from the head, which remained tied to the rope.
The suicide theory appeared to be verified by a spray of blood on the side of the bridge found just above where the head was hanging.
"We are conducting a DNA test on the blood to verify it is Tosadori's," police Lieutenant Colonel Atcharat Haemthanon said.
But the identify of the person mentioned in Tosadori's apparent suicide note left on the bridge railing remained a mystery.
Written on the railing was the sentence in English, "Cath. I want but I cannot. ... I came to Bangkok to be with you."
