Kaikan Kaennakam went missing about a year ago.
The body of a Thailand model, who went missing a year ago, has been found in a mortuary in Bahrain. According to China Times, 31-year-old Kaikan Kaennakam looked for opportunities outside her country after work dried up. She found a job at a restaurant in Bahrain and moved there three years ago to support her family in northern Thailand, the outlet reported. She regularly posted on social media, telling her family that she had met her Bahraini boyfriend and moved in with her.
However, in April 2023, she suddenly stopped posting, causing her family to worry. They could not reach her by telephone.
Kaikan's family then sought help from the Thai embassy in January this year, but they were unable to find her.
On April 18, the Thai embassy told the family that the body of an unidentified Southeast Asian woman was parked in the mortuary of the Salmaniya Medical Complex. A tattoo on her leg helped her family identify Kaikan Kaennakam, according to China Times.
The cause of death was acute heart failure due to alcohol poisoning.
According to Daily Star, Kaikan's family is now seeking help to repatriate her body and believes her death was suspicious.
According to the outlet, Kaikan's sister Suthida Ngernthaworn said in an online post on April 19, “My sister started working in Bahrain about two or three years ago and found an Arab boyfriend there.”
“However, we have not been able to contact her since April last year. Our family contacted the Thai Embassy in Bahrain and learned of her death on April 18 this month,” the post said.
