00:00A heart-wrenching homecoming, the bodies of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles touched down
00:10on Australian soil, escorted by their grieving fathers.
00:14We want to grieve. We miss our daughters desperately.
00:19Bianca and Holly were on the trip of a lifetime in Laos, when they fell violently ill after
00:24drinking methanol-tainted cocktails while staying at the Na Na Backpackers Hostel, the
00:29best friends dying in separate Thai hospitals, surrounded by their loved ones.
00:35Last week, the hostel's owner told the ABC the poisoned drinks did not come from his
00:40bar.
00:41A lot of people online are saying that the poisoned drinks came from your bar. Is that
00:46true?
00:47No, possibly.
00:48But today, that man is a suspect. Laos police saying they've detained eight men who staffed
00:54and managed the hostel as they investigate the mass poisoning.
00:57I was happy to hear that there's been some movement over in Laos. I would continue to
01:04urge the Laos government to continue to pursue whomever.
01:08All up, it's believed six backpackers have now been fatally poisoned by methanol. And
01:13late last night, it emerged another Australian has fallen ill, but they are now in a stable
01:19condition.
01:20The Jones and Bowles families now vowing to make sure that never happens again, with an
01:25online fundraising campaign in their daughter's memory already raising more than $345,000.
01:33We will make every effort we can to help raise awareness of the methanol poisoning. We cannot
01:40have our girls passing and this continuing to happen.
01:46The pain of tragedy shaping a mission.
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