by LUTHER MONROE @ CDNN - Cyber Diver News Network
November 17, 2009
PHUKET, Thailand — Police are investigating the death of a foreign woman who apparently drowned while diving in Patong Bay.
Authorities told CDNN the bloated corpse of an unidentified middle-aged Caucasian woman was found floating four meters off Paradise Beach, near the Merlin Beach Resort.
Kathu Police Superintendent Grissak Songmoonnark said the woman was wearing a black wetsuit with a blue stripe, a weight belt and fins.
He speculated that the woman died two days earlier while diving at a nearby coral reef.
Police asked for anyone with information about the woman's identity to contact Patong Hospital where the remains are being kept pending identification.
The bloated corpse of a foreign woman was found floating four meters offshore near the Merlin Beach Resort.
