A tourist has fallen to her death in Phuket, Thailand after dropping 80ft from a condominium in Phuket.
Evgenia Simonova, the 37-year-old Russian tourist and webcam model, suffered fatal head injuries and a broken leg after falling from an eighth-floor balcony of the resort residential complex.
The woman was holding a clump of human hair in her hand, which the police is DNA testing.
The Russian woman is reported to have had social media accounts under a pseudonym and live-streamed on an adult site until shortly before her death.
In one video, she introduced herself as: “Hey, I’m a web model. Glad to see you in my room.”
Smirnova was originally from Nizhny Novgorod in Russia but had moved to the capital of Moscow.
She travelled to Phuket in Thailand on 25 May, and her body was found in the early hours of Tuesday.
In the wake of the incident in the vibrant nightlife area, another Russian woman, named Natalia Kosenkova, was detained along with two men apparently on suspicion of drug use, according to the Bangkok Post.
Police reports cite a “sex, drugs and alcohol party” at the Emerald Terrace condominium complex in Patong, Phuket where Smirnova fell to her death.
The woman who was arrested said she was later released and denied reports in the Thai media that the party involved sex and drugs, despite claims that condom wrappers and finely-ground cannabis had been found by Thai authorities who are notoriously strict over drug use.
She said: "I didn't know Evgenia Smirnova until that evening. I didn't know the girl, she just came to the party where we were.
“And she called her friend, who came, too, and behaved inappropriately.
“I can say that me and my friend, who I have known for a long time, behaved with dignity and decency.
“The police trust us. The police say they are not worried about us.”
She added: “I am just a tourist here…I've been living here for five months.
“I’m an ordinary tourist.
“It was a regular boozefest - someone dies here every day.”
Police Major General Sermphan Sirikhon said his officers are suspecting one of three things. Either an unfortunate accident, suicide or murder.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Chomphunuch Anantayakun said to reporters: "We believe that the woman might have accidentally fallen from the balcony while looking out at the view.
“However, it could be a homicide resulting from an argument.
"We are in the process of interrogating the people involved.
“The hair in the woman's hand will go through DNA testing to find who it belonged to.”
