{"id":38943,"date":"2025-09-19T22:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=38943"},"modified":"2025-09-19T22:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:54:11","slug":"devastating-update-on-brit-and-fiance-who-were-found-dead-in-hotel-after-drinking-limoncello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=38943","title":{"rendered":"Devastating update on Brit and fianc\u00e9 who were found dead in hotel after drinking limoncello"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An update has been issued in the case of a couple who were found dead after drinking limoncello.<\/p>\n

The bodies Greta Marie Otteson, 33, and her South African partner Arno Els Quinton, 36, were found on Boxing Day<\/a> at the Hoi An Silverbell Villa, which they were running and where they’d rent rooms out to travellers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After going out for dinner on Christmas Eve, it’s reported that Otteson sent a message to her parents<\/a>, claiming she could see ‘black spots’ in what the pair called the ‘worst hangover ever’.<\/p>\n

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The newly engaged couple moved out to Vietnam in February last year and after a dinner followed by two bottles of limoncello being delivered to their villa, they fell ill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Investigators believe it was a homemade concoction and even laced with methanol as Otteson, from Wales, deciding to ‘sleep it off’ instead of seeking advice from a health<\/a> professional.<\/p>\n

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The couple were newly engaged (Greta Otteson \/ Facebook)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Police found that the pair did indeed die of methanol poisoning linked to the drinks, with the barman allegedly responsible for making the drink being charged in February.<\/p>\n

He remains detained while investigations ensue.<\/p>\n

Police detailed that he ‘violated’ food safety regulations by ‘using used 70-degree medical grade alcohol, along with filtered water, lemon peel and white sugar to create two bottles of limoncello’.<\/p>\n

But it has now emerged via<\/a> the BBC that Otteson’s parents, Paul and Susan, visited the pair back on 24 November, and enjoyed some free shots of limoncello at ‘Good Morning Vietnam’.<\/p>\n

They then decided to order bottles of the drink to the couple’s home as a Christmas gift a month later.<\/p>\n

Looking back on the incident, they said that the wait for a conclusion has been ‘unbearable’ with no updates from police or an apology from the restaurant.<\/p>\n

The Vietnamese government has detailed<\/a> that the offence carries a maximum prison sentence of seven to 15 years.<\/p>\n

“It’s about accountability,” Paul said, before adding: “We can’t move on.”<\/p>\n

The parents said they can’t lay the ashes to rest until they receive justice, with Paul explaining: “Justice for us would be naming the people responsible and prosecuting them.”<\/p>\n

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Police investigated the hotel room they were found in (Quangnam Provincial Police)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Greta and Arno’s ashes are currently being stored in two bags in the Ottesons’ home in Carmarthenshire, Wales, with a pink bunny on top of one and a blue bear on top of the other.<\/p>\n

Speaking of their trip to Vietnam to see the couple and to meet Atno for the first time, Paul said: “It was lovely – we were so happy.”<\/p>\n

He added that Arno was ‘quiet but highly intelligent’ and someone ‘he would have loved to have as a son in law’.<\/p>\n

Methanol is a type of alcohol which can be found in cleaning products, antifreeze, and fuel, sharing similarities to ethanol.<\/p>\n

The latter is intended for use in alcoholic drinks, but the former is cheaper and more toxic due to how it is processed by the body.<\/p>\n

It’s not the first time a methanol-related case has happened in the region<\/a> either, with those suspected to have methanol poisoning urged to seek medical attention immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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