SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) — There were no signs of violence in the room, according to local police. Investigators are looking into the possibility the women may have been poisoned.
"It's difficult to get a sense of just what police found when they visited the room, but they had said there were signs that the two women had been sick and they had mysterious rashes on their skin," Alan Morison of the Phuket Wan news website told CBC Montreal.
That information was confirmed by nurses at the hospital where the bodies were taken on Thailand's mainland, he said.
Autopsies will be conducted to determine the official cause of death.
Representatives from the Canadian Embassy in Thailand were expected to visit the island on Saturday.
Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs said it cannot release further details or identify the women due to privacy concerns.
"Canadian consular officials in Bangkok are providing consular assistance to the family and are in contact with local authorities," Claude Rochon, a spokeswoman for the department, said in an email statement.
"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the Canadian Citizens who passed away in Thailand."
Women found by hotel staff
According to Phuketwan.com, a maid knocked on the door of the women's room Thursday but there was no response.
On Friday, a master key was used to enter the room and that's when the bodies were discovered. The women had checked into the hotel on Tuesday.
Anangkana Choisrinal, a nurse at the hospital where the bodies were taken, told the Phuket Wan she had never seen a case like it.
''We have no idea as yet what killed the women," she told the website. ''They had been dead between 12 and 20 hours when they were found."
In 2009, two young tourists, one from the U.S. and the other from Norway, staying at a nearby guest house also died under mysterious circumstances.
Their deaths remain unsolved, but there was speculation the women had been poisoned. — www.shafaqna.com
