Thai police are now investigating the death of a Russian model Evgenia Smirnova who fell from an eighth-floor balcony at one of the Patong resort’s residential complexes.
The police believe the 37-year-old who plunged 80ft to her death may have been pushed.
The suspicion was raised after a clump of hair was discovered in her hand.
The police said Smirnova, 37, suffered fatal head injuries and a broken leg.
The police noted that the Russian woman operated multiple social media accounts under different names and regularly live-streamed on an adult site until shortly before her death.
Local authorities are now carrying out a forensic analysis of the hair sample that was clasped in Smirnova’s hand to identify whom she may have grabbed onto as she fell.
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