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Bodies of methanol poisoning victims are brought home

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The Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng where suspected methanol poisoning took place Credit: Getty

The bodies of Melbourne teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles have been returned home following their deaths in Thailand. They were accompanied by their families who arrived back in Australia just hours after police arrested eight men over the suspected methanol poisonings, which took place in Laos while the pair were travelling through South East Asia.



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