Half-naked woman dangles from Thai hotel window before falling to her death, Russian man arrested

Raul Dancel
The Straits Times
Aug 16, 2023

Police in Thailand have arrested a Russian man after his girlfriend plummeted to her death from the seventh floor of a hotel in the resort city of Pattaya.

A harrowing video recorded on a security camera showed Ms Daria Iuzifiak, 32, dangling by her legs, upside down, on a window sill at one of the seventh-floor rooms of the Seven Seas Condo Resort.

Seconds later, she fell, hands flailing, head first on the ground.

The hotel’s security guards found her naked from the waist down and lying on her front in a pool of blood.

Her 30-year-old boyfriend, Mr Oeaop Nbahobny Fedor, appeared to be standing by the window when it happened at around 6am on Sunday.

He was shirtless and agitated when police arrested him.

He had to be pinned down on the ground by a couple of officers, so he could be handcuffed.

Police Lieutenant-Colonel Kanisorn Apisop, superintendent in Pattaya’s Jomtien district, said there were no signs Ms Iuzifiak was assaulted before her death.

“The couple’s room was messy with food containers and alcohol bottles, but there was no indication of fighting or a struggle,” he said.

Still, Mr Fedor was arrested to determine how he was involved in Ms Iuzifiak’s death. He was said to have denied assaulting her. His drug test came back negative.

Lt-Col Kanisorn said police were reviewing other security camera footage.

Investigators said Ms Iuzifiak was seen staying with Mr Fedor at the hotel around a week ago.

She filed a police report and consulted immigration officials on Friday after losing her passport.

A post-mortem examination is under way to check if she was alive before she fell.

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