Drug find: Laos couple may have been dead four days
Alexander Lee, left and Rianne Brouwer were found dead in the room of a backpackers' hotel in Laos.
A young Australian backpacker found dead in a Laos hotel room has been identified as Yarraville man Alexander Lee.
The 22-year-old's body was found lying beside that of his 18-year-old Dutch girlfriend, Rianne Brouwer, at the backpackers' hotel in Nongkio Village, in the central province of Luang Prabang north of the capital Vientiane, on Saturday.
Hotel staff discovered the bodies lying on the bed after they noticed a strong smell and went to investigate. The couple had not been seen for several days and their bodies may have been in the hotel room for up to four days
