Slain Bar Worker's Mother Reports Daughter Visited Her in Dream
The mother of an 18-year-old Laotian bar worker who died in a fire is arranging to return her daughter's body to Vientiane, saying the girl's spirit visited her in a dream requesting to go home because she was cold and alone.
On July 15, 2026, Kaew Odedt, mother of 18-year-old Laotian bar server Wiangporn Jindavongse who died in a fire, traveled to the police hospital's forensic institute to obtain documents for the Lao embassy in order to arrange her daughter's body to be sent back to Vientiane tomorrow.
Kaew disclosed that she had recently recovered from fainting and came to handle the paperwork. She must also return to Chachoengsao province to obtain a death certificate, since her daughter died at Chachoengsao Hospital. However, last night her daughter's spirit appeared in a dream to relatives, saying she wanted to go home because she was cold and was sleeping alone.
Today, when collecting her daughter's belongings from her room, Kaew found a piggy bank with a message written on it: "Don't touch this—it's dad's heart." She believes her daughter had been saving money in it for her father and did not dare to open it, intending to take it back to her father in Vientiane. Her daughter normally also set aside money for her mother.
"She had worked here for seven months, and on the day it happened, she told me she would take me on a trip because she had saved enough money. It was a beautiful place in Thailand, but in the end we didn't go," Kaew said, breaking down in tears immediately.
Kaew also shared that after the incident, she went to see her daughter at Rama 9 Hospital, where her daughter cried. She told her daughter to be strong for her mother and siblings and not to give up. However, when she was transferred to Chachoengsao Hospital, her condition worsened and she passed away.
Her daughter had a lovely nature and was beloved wherever she went. Customers at the bar felt sorry for her because she was kind to everyone. Kaew said she cannot speak properly about what happened, as she had only recently been discharged from the hospital after fainting. She is heartbroken over her daughter's passing, as her daughter's appearance changed drastically—her face was swollen and bruised.
However, when her daughter appeared in the dreams of those around her, she was wearing white clothes and her face looked normal. She said she was hungry and wanted to go home because it was very cold there. While Kaew did not have the same dream as other relatives, she felt her daughter came to see her last night. She sensed a burnt smell, like that of someone burned by fire, so she lit incense and spoke to her daughter's spirit, telling her not to worry. After that, the smell disappeared, and she became convinced that her daughter had come to visit her.
