Hampshire family launches urgent appeal to bring father home after Thailand bike crash

A grief-stricken family from Hampshire is trying to get the body of their father back home after learning he died in a motorcycle accident in Thailand.

Anthony Murphy lay dead in a hospital morgue for five days before he officials discovered his real name. At the time he was registered as John Doe, a name used when the true name of a person is unknown.

The Fareham-based family told the online southeast coast online platform Portsmouth.co.uk that the 61 year old died in a motorbike accident in Hua Hin, Thailand, adding no details of the crash have been made known to them by the Thai authorities and it remains a mystery.

The former gardener and landscape worker had been making annual trips to the Kingdom of Thailand for the past ten years and was expected to return home on January 24. However, he was involved in an accident on January 10 and was declared dead at the scene.

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