A woman who was fatally stabbed at a £4million Hyde Park address planned to fly home to Thailand but cancelled the trip just days before her murder, her cousin has claimed.
Kamonnan Thiamphanit, 27, was found dead at the Grade II listed luxury flat she was renting through Airbnb on April 8.
Two nights before neighbours said there had been loud party and screams had been heard coming from the property the day after that.
Police have launched an international manhunt and believe her killer fled the UK after the stabbing, an inquest was told on Tuesday.
Meanwhile her cousin, Nutcha Tiempanich, 28, told the Times she had spoken to her on March 31 to finalise plans to jet home to Ratchaburi province in Thailand for the Qingming festival, a Chinese celebration honouring the dead.
However she inexplicably cancelled the trip, her relative said.
She also revealed that the victim, known to her friends as Angela, had a boyfriend.
Ms Thiamphanit had come to London eight years ago to study and was working as a property manager,
The Chinese-Hong Kong and Thai national had attended the London College of Communication.
Ally Pasprates, a general manager of the Southgate Hotel, had hired her as a receptionist in 2016.
She told the Times: “She was beautiful. She could speak lots of languages. I hired her as a receptionist and she was really, really good. Really people orientated. She fitted into London. No one could hate that woman."
The inquest into the death, which was opened at Westminster Coroners’ Court, was told that a post mortem revealed she had died from multiple stab wounds while her attacker had likely fled overseas.
Detective Chief Inspector Alison Foxwell, who is leading the investigation, told the hearing: "We believe that the person who attacked her was known to her. We have a named individual we are looking for at this moment.
“We are currently seeking the perpetrator but cannot give much more information about that at this stage, I'm afraid.
“We have a named individual. I think it unlikely that the person will be arrested in the next two weeks.”
Police are working with the CPS to establish if there was enough evidence to request an extradition.
