An American man believed to have been living illegally in Thailand for 31 years died of an apparent suicide in his Central Pattaya home.
Gerhard Habel, 78, was found by 74-year-old wife Anong Tintachart hanging from a long shoelace in their Soi Paniadchang 5/1 house April 17.
Anong said she awoke to find her husband not in bed and discovered the body. She said she didn’t know of any reason he would want to kill himself.
During their investigation, Banglamung police found that Habel had entered Thailand from Singapore in 1980 and could not find any evidence of visas or permanent resident permits allowing him to live legally in the kingdom since then.
