The deaths of a 22-year-old British woman and a 27-year-old Canadian are being investigated after the pair were found dead in a Cambodian hostel room earlier this week.
According to staff at the Monkey Republic Hostel in the city of Kampot, 22-year-old Natalie Seymour from Bedfordshire and 27-year-old Abbey Gail Amisola from Winipeg had been ill in the days leading up to their deaths. The BBC reports the twenty-something women, who had made friends during their travels, had recently gone to a local pharmacy to get medicine.
Natalie, far left, and Abbey, third from right.
Local police are currently investigating the possible causes of Natalie and Abbey's deaths, but it's thought there's a chance it might have been to do with the tablets they bought from the chemist.
METRO reports Natalie had sent her mother a message on WhatsApp the night before she was found dead, saying she "wasn’t well" and that she was planning to "go get something to make [her] feel better". The young women had reportedly been suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea after possible food poisoning.
Natalie's mother, Wendy Bowler, told the Mirror: "The hotel manager was going up and down with drinks and told them they should go to a medical centre. They decided to sleep it off but never woke up again."
Natalie Seymour had posted regularly about her travels on social media, saying how there was so much more she wanted to see and do. "Anybody wanna road trip America? Hiking in the Amazon forest? Inter rail Europe? Work in Australia? Work in Hong Kong? and the list goes on," she wrote in her last ever tweet.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has confirmed it has been offering support to Natalie's family during this time.
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