Case closed: Final Tangmo findings fail to satisfy skeptics

In the end, the police ruled the actress was the victim of recklessness, not murder. Her mother, well-compensated with THB30 million – said she was satisfied by the outcome and will cremate her daughter next week. The people with her when she died, while charged, remain free on bail with hearings set for next month on lesser charges.

Those were the circumstances when police announced yesterday they had closed the case of Nida “Tangmo” Patcharaveerapong, whose death became a national obsession since she fell overboard and drowned in late February. And many were not happy with how things turned out.

On Twitter, the hashtags #TangmoMustGetJustice and #ForPattaratida were trending today after investigators gave their final public report at the Provincial Police Region 1 headquarters.

Keyboard sleuths have continued to pore over details of the case and seize…