On the 15th of February 2017 Russian tourist Valentina Novozhyonova, 23, left her bungalow on Koh Tao and was never seen again.
The news of the young girl’s disappearance took almost 3 weeks to emerge from the tiny island now being dubbed ‘Murder Island’ by the press due to the extraordinary number of tourists who die in suspicious circumstances while holidaying there.
When it comes to strange goings on the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Valentia is no exception.
While the residents of Koh Tao are appalled at the new nickname for the chunk of rock they call home, it is hardly surprising. ‘Turtle Island’ has a bad reputation when it takes three weeks for a search to be called when a young backpacker goes missing.
A post on the Koh Tao community page on Facebook even states that news of the missing girl should be suppressed to protect the already dwindling reputation of the island.
And now rumours are circulating that the body of a young girl was found six weeks ago partially burnt, eaten by animals and partially wrapped in T-shirts.
Unsurprisingly this information was never made public and never appeared in any police report and was never passed on to Valentina’s grieving family who have been told that the search for the girl still continues, despite there being no evidence to suggest that it is.
Victims & Timeline
Nick Pearson, 25: January 1, 2014
Hannah Witheridge, 23: September 15, 2014
David Miller, 24: September 15, 2014
Dimitri Povse, 29: January 1, 2015
Christina Annesley, 23: January 21, 2015
Luke Miller, 26: January 8, 2016
Valentina Novozhyonova, 23: February 11-16, 2017
Elise Dallemagne, 30: April 21-28, 2017
Yann Naquin, 31: August 10, 2019
Olha Frolova, 32: May 25, 2020
Uthen Ruangnon, 47: June 8, 2020
Source - BangkokJack
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