The murder of Kirsty Jones, a British national on holiday in
Thailand, took place in 2000. Jones was found raped and strangled on 10 August in her hotel room in
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...
. The case, which received widespread national and overseas press coverage, went unsolved and was officially closed on the day of the 20th anniversary of the murder when the
statute of limitations expired in 2020. According to Thai law twenty years is the expiring time for the statute of limitations.
Jones' killer has not been identified and no one has been charged with her murder.
See also
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Cold case
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List of unsolved murders
References
External links
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