Kirsty Jones was three months on a trip around the world for two years when she was killed the Thai police has been asked to investigate a man named in a Youtube video as a possible suspect in the murder of a Welsh backpacker for 11 years.Kirsty Jones, 23, Tredomen, near Brecon, Powys, was raped and strangled in a guest house on August 10, 2000.
His murder is unsolved, but there has been a video on the internet a man allegedly seen near the names Guest House.
Dyfed-Powys police said he and Foreign Affairs urged Thai authorities to investigate the claim.
Despite a series of arrests, without charges ever been on the death of Mrs Jones.
The graduate of the University of Liverpool was found dead in a room in the Guest House of Aree in Chiang Mai, North of Bangkok.
He was three months on a trip for two years around the world.
Dyfed-Powys police helped the police of Thailand research in the past.Det Ch Supt Steve Wilkins said that force was aware of allegations made in the video.
He said: "this allegation and its origin, has been the subject of discussions between Dyfed-Powys police and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for some time, with a request to the Thai authorities to investigate thoroughly."
"Information is passed to the Thai authorities to retain primacy in the investigation."
"We continue to maintain contact with them, through Interpol and Foreign and Commonwealth Office with regard to this information and other lines of research".
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