Hannah and her friends checked into the ocean view bungalows on sire beach, and no frills hotel offering basic facilities within walking distance to a selection of bars and restaurants. The forsom hadn't been there long when they met a pair of fellow british back packers, david and chris, who were staying in an adjacent room like hannah. 24 year old david miller was dedicated to his studies, having just completed a degree in civil and structural engineering at leed's university. David left his home town of jersey in britoin's channel islands to spend six weeks undertaking a work placement at a mining company in australia. Deciding to spend some time travelling around south east asia before returning home to complete his master's degree, david ventured to tieland with his close friend chris ware, to meet up with some other friends on cata. David and hannah and their friends quickly hit it off. On the night of sunday, september fourteenth, the group headed out to choppers, a busy sports bar just off siree beach. As they chatted and laughed over drinks. The bar's owner snapped a photo of the young travellers to promote his venue on social mediar it captured a smiling hannah, wearing a pink top with her long blond hair flowing down, while her friends pulled faces behind her. Her mobile phone and small handbag rested on the table in front of her. David sat between his friends on the other side of the table, wearing a gray tea shirt with his brown hair combed to the side and a big smile on his face. Just after midnight, hannah and her girl friends made their way to the a c bar, a lively beach front venue popular with experts and back packers. David and chris joined them shortly after two a m. At some point in the early hours of the morning, hanna and david left vire the bar's back entrance and walked towards their hotel into the darkness. The following morning, police were summoned to the beach outside the ocean view bungalows. Tiland is a deeply religious country, and the area where police were called was surrounded by temples. When they saw what had taken place there, the officers were shaken spiritually. The first officer who arrived on the scene later remarked, i hope god will punish the person who committed this crime. Hannah witheridge and david miller's bodies were sprawled on the beach, both having been victims of a brutal attack. Hannah was lying in the sand by a looming rocky wall. She had been bludgeoned numerous times with a blunt object, causing her death. Deep jagged wounds were all over her face and head.