Maltese national, 34, dead in Bangkok hotel from heroin overdose

A Maltese national, Daniel Borg d'Anastasi, 34, was found dead in a Bangkok hotel Sunday evening.

Police suspected that he was killed by heroin overdose.

Lt Khom Rodphao, an interrogator of Lumpini police station, was alerted at 7 pm that a foreign tourist died in a room of the Aloft Hotel on Soi Sukhumvit 11 in Bangkok’s Vadhana district.

Crime detection officers and a doctor of Chulalongkorn Hospital and rescuers of the Ruam Katanyu Foundation rushed to the scene.

Borg d'Anastasi was found on the bed of Room No 2306 on the 23rd floor of the hotel. He was lying on his back wearing a white undershirt and grey check-pattern shorts. The body was already decomposing, reports said.

Officials found Viagra pills and 0.5 gram of heroin on a table near the bed. A “no disturb” tag was hung on the doorknob. Police did not find any sign of foul play or assets searching in the room.

The officials gathered evidence and sent the body Chulalongkorn Hospital for an autopsy.

Suphannee Sarapee, a room maid, told police that Borg checked in at the hotel on 28 April. He had a schedule to check out on Sunday.

In the evening, the Maltese national did not show up at the reception counter so Suphannee was dispatched to check the room.

He did not answer the door knock so the maid used a spare key to open the room to find the body.

Police believe the Borg d'Anastasi died of heart failure after using heroin. He apparently died two of three days earlier.