British woman, 36, found dead in hotel room after taking lethal cocktail of drugs
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A British woman died in her hotel room in Thailand after taking a lethal cocktail of drugs. Rebecca Turner’s mum is urging young travellers and partygoers to be careful after the 36-year-old was found dead alongside boyfriend Sam Melnick, 32, in Bangkok earlier this year.
Mum Anita Turner, 64, from Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, said her daughter had bought what she thought was cocaine when she died on March 15. But it turned out to be a lethal combination of nine different drugs – including crushed up painkillers and sleeping pills.
![[Family photo of Rebecca Turner who died after taking drugs in Thailand. Photo released December 17 2024. A British woman died in Thailand after taking a cocktail of drugs - and now her mum is urging young people to ignore persistent drug dealers while on holiday. Rebecca Turner, 36, died shortly after taking what she thought was cocaine alongside boyfriend Sam Melnick, 32. But it turned out to be a lethal combination of nine drugs, according to her mum, and their pair were found dead in their hotel room in Bangkok. Her devastated mum Anita Turner, 64, from Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, says dealers are constantly pestering tourists to buy drugs, and wants more done to stamp it out.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_233528831-8c37-e1734504366636.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=454)
Anita says dealers are constantly pestering tourists to buy drugs and wants more done to stamp it out. She said: ‘My heart is just broken in two – I can’t believe I’ll never see her again. Every morning, I wake up and see a picture of her and just cry and cry. It’s killing me.
![[Family photo of Rebecca Turner who died after taking drugs in Thailand. Photo released December 17 2024. A British woman died in Thailand after taking a cocktail of drugs - and now her mum is urging young people to ignore persistent drug dealers while on holiday. Rebecca Turner, 36, died shortly after taking what she thought was cocaine alongside boyfriend Sam Melnick, 32. But it turned out to be a lethal combination of nine drugs, according to her mum, and their pair were found dead in their hotel room in Bangkok. Her devastated mum Anita Turner, 64, from Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, says dealers are constantly pestering tourists to buy drugs, and wants more done to stamp it out.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_233528814-e2d9.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘The pain of losing a child is indescribable. You can’t imagine such pain until it happens to you. ‘Please, whatever you do, please don’t take something. It’s really not worth the risk.’. Rebecca had been in Thailand for a few months and was a month away from returning home when she died.
CCTV showed Sam heading into the hotel half and hour before her that day, with phone records showing he had texted a pal to say he had just bought cocaine. But officials have since confirmed the substance was a mix of opiates, morphine, codeine, noscapine, benzodiazepine, tamazopam, noriazepines, diazepam and mono acetylmirohine.
