Jindarat Prutsiriporn had previously served jail time for drug offences in Napier.
The Thai woman who died from injuries after escaping from a moving car while bound and gagged had previously served jail time for drug offences in Napier.
Jindarat Prutsiriporn's death is being investigated as a homicide, with police saying yesterday she may have had links to the organised-crime scene.
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Hospital confirmed Ms Prutsiriporn died from her injuries just after 11pm on Wednesday.
Police are piecing together why she was in the boot, who put her there and what happened to her before she was found bleeding and unresponsive with critical injuries on Huia Rd, Papatoetoe, in Auckland on Tuesday night.
It can now be revealed the 50-year-old was locked up for 2 years in 2011 after pleading guilty to conspiring to import the methamphetamine precursor pseudoephedrine, as well as other drug offences.
