Posted on 11/23/2024 6:13:22 PM PST by Bonemaker
The American man who died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has been identified.
James Louis Hutson, 57, was found dead inside his room at the Nana Backpacker Hotel in Vang Viang on November 13.
According to the Vientiane Times, workers at the hostel had entered his room after realizing he had not left all day and found him unconscious.
The outlet reported that he was taken to hospital, with police finding four empty bottles of beer and two empty bottles of vodka in his room.
Hutson is one of six who have died in the suspected mass methanol poisoning that has hit the party town.
Australian teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, both 19, died after a night out, while British Lawyer Simone White, 28, also lost her life.
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My idea of adventure at 56 is a light bulb died :)
I had enough insanity in my youth. I’m done.
Walk on through where? The bridge from Asia to the US? :)
I know a lot of Chinese soldiers came and have to be kicked out fast.
But I’ve never read wholesale issues among Asians who come here.
Beat me to it. It’s a pedo’s paradise.
I read the article. There are no more chilling details. They describe the other people that died. They were pretty young.
You do know that 15 shots is not “a round”?
These incidents happen occasionally.
Massive scandal in Czech republic in 2012 cost lives of 51 people, and many others got, often permanently, crippled.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Czech_Republic_methanol_poisonings#:~:text=Over%20the%20course%20of%20several,others%20suffered%20permanent%20health%20damage.
Some crooks just want to make quick buck. they replaced ethanol with deadly methanol and sold it as drink with counterfeit labels.
They were tried for murder and sentenced for life!
Obviously another such disaster!
Did the guy get his vodka from temu?
That sounds like standard suicide by alcohol rather than methanol.
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