In August 2000, 23-year-old Kirsty Jones set out on the adventure of a lifetime—a solo journey through Southeast Asia. Intelligent, compassionate, full of life, she arrived in Chiang Mai hoping to soak in the calm beauty of northern Thailand. But within days, she was dead.

Raped. Strangled. Left in her guesthouse room with no witnesses… and no answers.

For nearly 25 years, the murder of Kirsty Jones has haunted investigators across two continents. Promising leads vanished. DNA sat unmatched. And key evidence—including the guesthouse logbook—mysteriously disappeared. Was this a random attack by a stranger? Or did the killer walk those narrow halls unnoticed… and trusted?

In this episode of Shadows of Siam, we return to Room 4 at the Aree Guesthouse, retracing the final hours of Kirsty’s life, the investigation that unraveled in real time, and the haunting question that still lingers:🔹 Why was her case mishandled so badly?🔹 Who had access to her locked room?🔹 And why, decades later, has no one been held accountable?

Step back into the shadows of Chiang Mai—and into one of Thailand’s most chilling unsolved murders.

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