An Australian teenager has become the fourth tourist to die following a suspected mass poisoning case in Laos. Nineteen-year-old Bianca Jones was confirmed to have died in hospital on Thursday while her friend Holly Bowles,

Thai police have confirmed the death of Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones, who became ill after drinking tainted alcohol during a backpacking holiday in Laos.

Messages of condolences, love and support for the Jones family have begun to flow in after 19-year-old Aussie Bianca Jones died in Thailand following a suspected poisoning in Laos.

Five people have now died as a result of suspected methanol poisoning at a local bar in Vang Vieng, Laos, including the 19-year-old Melburnian. The president of the AFL club both poisoned Australian teenagers played for in Melbourne has spoken out in the wake of 19-year-old Bianca Jones' tragic death on Thursday.

Bianca Jones has died after the Australian teenager was poisoned by drinks laced with methanol while on holiday with her best friend in Southeast Asia.

Bianca Jones, a 19-year-old from Melbourne, has passed away at a hospital in Thailand a week after falling critically ill in Laos, where she and her best friend, Holly Bowles, were suspected victims of methanol poisoning.

Australian teenager Holly Bowles has become the sixth foreign tourist to die from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. The 19-year-old died more than a week after falling ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng,

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die of suspected methanol poisoning in a backpacker hotspot in northern Laos.

A sixth person has died after drinking alcohol poisoned with methanol in Laos. Holly Bowles was on a gap year trip when she became ill after taking the shot with her friend Bianca Jones in Vang Vieng.

Melbourne teenager Holly Bowles has died in a Thai hospital nine days after consuming a suspected methanol-tainted drink in Laos, her father has confirmed.