Joshua Kershaw was tragically found dead in his hotel room just hours after appearing before a hospital
The heartbroken mum of a 21-year-old man who was discovered dead in a hotel room overseas has shared a photograph of a woman they’re hoping to locate.
Joshua Kershaw from Wakefield, was tragically found dead on Tuesday, January 13, in his Bangkok hotel room – just hours after he’d collapsed in a bar and attended hospital.
He had only been in Thailand less than half a day before he died. Alarm bells were ringing for his family when he failed to board a flight on January 12 and his flight back home on January 19, reports Yorkshire Live.
Now, his mother claims his death has now been re-opened by investigators and that the case is being treated as “murder/manslaughter”.
In a post on Facebook on Wednesday (March 25), Jenny wrote: “Joshua had only been in Thailand for approximately 10 hours before he passed. It has now come to light that his case is being treated as murder/manslaughter after results showed a combination of seven different substances in his system at extremely high levels, raising serious concerns.
“We have now also been informed that the case in Thailand has been reopened and is currently being investigated as a murder case. We are still waiting for official confirmation from the UK coroner.”
Jenny has also shared an image of an unknown woman she says “was with Joshua Kershaw” when he died. She said: “We are urgently trying to identify and speak with a woman who was with Joshua Kershaw at the time he sadly passed away in Thailand.
“We have a photo of her, but we don’t know her name. If you recognise yourself in this or know who she is, please get in touch as soon as possible. It’s really important for us to speak with her.”
Jenny claims the woman is “holding” Joshua’s belongings in the image – including his phone and bag.
She then asks for people to share her post to “reach as many people as possible.”
He had travelled to the popular tourist resort of Pattaya for a week-long holiday, and his family initially reported him missing when he failed to board a flight to Bangkok on January 12. He then missed a second flight – his trip home – days later on January 19. UK authorities classed him as a high-risk missing person as a search was launched.
On Wednesday, January 21 Jenny said in a heartbreaking Facebook post that her son had been found dead.
A Go Fund Me page was set up in order to bring his body home and pay for a funeral. The young landscaper, originally from Grimsby, was repatriated last month before a funeral was held at Wakefield Crematorium.
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