The husband of a British woman who reportedly drowned while on holiday in Thailand at the weekend has said her death has left him “in absolute tatters”.
Rachel Turner Brown, 42, from Wolverhampton, is said to have been found dead in a hotel swimming pool on the island of Koh Chang days after she arrived with her husband, Stefan Brown. It is thought the couple, who reportedly run a healthcare recruitment company, had planned a two-month tour of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
The Foreign Office confirmed that a British national died in Thailand on 17 May.
Responding to messages of condolences on his Facebook page, Mr Brown said: “I’m in absolute tatters. still in shock, not sunk in yet. Not able to listen to any music, just tried to listen to something but reminded me immediately of Rachel, cried my eyes out and had to turn it off.”
On arriving in Thailand on 12 May, Mrs Turner Brown said on her Facebook page: “Yay....2 flights and 3 hours in Dubai later....arrived in Bangkok airport to mega heat......feeling super exhausted but terrifically excitables in Thailand.....7 weeks of way hay HAAAAYYYYYY! Thailand, Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam here we come!” She had then shared photos of the couple enjoying local cuisine and boat rides over the following days.
Brown says the couple fell asleep in their hotel bed on Saturday evening before he was woken on Sunday morning by the hotel owner after a member of staff had found his wife’s body in the pool, the Daily Mail reported. It is believed she had gone for an early morning swim.
“I went outside and thought ‘Oh my God’ – my whole world dropped. I don’t want to say what I saw. It’s just too hard at the moment,” he told the paper.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: “We can confirm the death of a British national on 17 May in Thailand. We are providing consular support to the family.”
