| Kirsty Jones | |
| Birth Name: | Kristy Sarah Jones |
| Birth Place: | United Kingdom |
| Death Date: | 10 August 2000 (aged 23) |
| Death Place: | Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Death Cause: | Strangulation |
| Mother: | Sue Jones |
| Known For: | being the victim of an unsolved murder |
The murder of Kirsty Jones, a British national on holiday in Thailand, took place in 2000.[1] Jones was found raped and strangled on 10 August in her hotel room in Chiang Mai.[2] The case, which received widespread national and overseas press coverage, went unsolved and was officially closed on the day of the 20th anniversary of the murder when the statute of limitations expired in 2020.[3] [4] [5] According to Thai law twenty years is the expiring time for the statute of limitations.[6] Jones' killer has not been identified and no one has been charged with her murder.