West Seattle Woman Mysteriously Dies In Thailand
Posted: 6:10 pm PDT May 6, 2009Updated: 6:40 pm PDT May 6, 2009
SEATTLE -- A 27-year-old West Seattle woman mysteriously died over the weekend in Thailand.
Jill St. Onge and her fiancé Ryan Kells were on vacation traveling through Southeast Asia.
According to the couple's blog, jillstonge.blogspot.com, they had been staying in a bungalow on the island of Koh Phi Phi for six days when they decided to move into an air-conditioned room.
St. Onge had stayed in the room while Kells made several trips in and out of the room, according to the blog. Kells said St. Onge wasn't feeling well and said she was going to lay down in their room. Kells stayed out with friends.
When he returned to the room two hours later, Kells said St. Onge was vomiting and very ill. Kells said he also was feeling sick.
Kells said he then ran outside, found a cart and put St. Onge in it, running to the hospital.
"I ran with her as far as I could, as fast as I could. When it looked like she was going," Kells said, "I tried so hard I don't know what else I could have done."
Doctors performed CPR on St. Onge, but couldn't revive her.
"I feel she was chemically poisoned by some sort of gas in the air," Kells said.
At the same time in a room next door, two Norwegian tourists were also becoming ill. A 22-year-old died and her friend is still hospitalized.
A Norwegian newspaper reported Wednesday that the 22-year-old had cyanide in her system, causing her death.
St. Onge's brother posted a message on the Internet and her friends are doing interviews, hoping Thai officials will investigate.
Kells is a Seattle glass artist and St. Onge worked at the Shadowland Bar in West Seattle bar.
"I don't think it's going to set in until Ryan comes home and she doesn't come home," said friend Sean Welch.
A paper in Thailand is also reporting two more mysterious deaths on Koh Phi Phi island in the last several weeks.
West Seattle Blog is also reporting on this story. |
