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Foreign English Teacher Found Dead in Apartment
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Cheonmunka



Joined: 04 Jun 2004

PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, it's sad when our friends and other young people die. Especially if they die of disease like diabetes, leukemia, cancer.
I'd imagine that it would be easy to have a disease while living here, (not gain a disease, but if you are living abroad a long while and don't get complete checkups etc) realizing you are somewhat sick but not doing anything about it, until one day, collapse and out.
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian

PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was once a witness to something similar to this.......you never forget THAT smell.............ever.....................

I think the reason why the school didn't say anything for several days is maybe the school has a bad reputation and has a problem with teachers pulling a midnight run and since they didn't hear from that particular teacher for awhile, they thought he might've done the same............

I wouldn't want to find a person in that state again.....................never..........
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mrsquirrel



Joined: 13 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's common place in Thailand for foreigners to die.

Don't see why it's such big news here. Foreigners die everywhere.

Parts of Pattaya you have to wear a crash helmet due to the number of condo jumpers.
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blackjack



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang

PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

To those people saying why didn't the hagwon come round?, well maybe the hagwon doesn't know where he lived. Mine dosen't

If you are living by yourself there are hundreds of ways you might die, untill foulplay is stated by the cops whats the point in fighting and insulting each other
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Ronald



Joined: 14 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:10 pm    Post subject: not proper Reply with quote

It would be great if some of my students had desire to be a pathologists (coroner) instead of "fashion designer" or "CEO". Something this country really needs..
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bacasper



Joined: 26 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

moosehead wrote:
Cheonmunka wrote:
I think it's just numbers. During Woodstock, the big weekend event which was attended by 3 to 400 000 people, several people died. It was statistics. Some people die. Most people are not murdered. Most deaths are natural.
I think autopsies etc should be done clearly and accurately for our benefit as foreigners overseas, but I wouldn't suggest murder just yet in this situation.


I recall at the time, Woodstock was supposed to have been 1,000,000 strong; however, according to http://www.classicrockpage.com/newslet/newsgrap/sep02/factsandfigures.htm

there were less than that - but official numbers often undercount for various reasons.

I think there was 1 death when someone was accidentally run over while sleeping in one of the fields.

The best estimate of the number of people at Woodstock is 500,000 (including me). Exactly two people died (and two were born).

Regarding the OP, it is unusual for a 31-year-old to die of "natural" causes. When not an accident, homicide, or suicide, the most likely cause is some congenital malformation.
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OnTheOtherSide



Joined: 29 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe it was a toomah..... It's NOT a toomah!

Okay, that was messed up. Sorry.
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isak



Joined: 14 May 2008
Location: South Korea?

PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I met some kids in Iksan who knew this guy. They seemed to think suicide. No foul play, just a lonely guy.

I also heard them mention somthing like he had gotten fired a bit beforehand, but I'm not completely sure.

There was a bunch of angry stuff going back and forth on facebook about it with the other foreigners apparantly.
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian

PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I talked to my friend, who lives in the vicinity of Iksan........the gentleman who recently departed was his replacement at the hogwon he left back in the day.......and yeah....according to him, the guy was pretty lonely........
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