Thai police are to take DNA from all the men on Koh Tao island - potentially hundreds of people - in their investigation into the murders of two Britons.
The bodies of Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24, were found on a beach on September 15.
Police have been criticised over the investigation and are now expanding testing, with some 150 officers drafted in to the popular holiday island, which has 1,300 residents.
Ms Witheridge was caught on CCTV in the hours before her death "We will submit one set of DNA samples and wait for their results before collecting another set of samples," said Colonel Uakrissadathikarn in The Phuket Gazette.
"We will do this until we find the culprits."
Police are also trying to trace fishing boat workers who may been on the island on the day of the killings.
Ms Witheridge's family have brought her body back to the UK Officers previously said "sexual jealousy" may have been the motive and revealed DNA taken from Ms Witheridge's body was from two Asian men.
Claims the pair may have argued with a Thai man in a local bar are also being investigated.
Thailand's police chief (centre) has visited the island Police Colonel Kissana Phathanacharoen said: "We have discovered fresh evidence which could lead to a new suspect who may have had a relationship or one-night stand with Hannah or one of her friends or David the night before they were killed.
"We have asked the Metropolitan Police to go back and make enquiries of Hannah's friends on this matter."
Ms Witheridge, from Great Yarmouth, suffered severe head wounds and Mr Miller, from Jersey, died from blows to the head and drowning, post-mortem examinations showed.
Islanders have also been helping to raise reward money A garden hoe with Ms Witheridge's blood on it was discovered nearby, and investigators are searching for a blunt metal object used on Mr Miller.
Ms Witheridge's family said they had now brought their "beautiful Hannah" back to the UK.
A £4,000 police reward is on offer for information, and shocked island residents have also raised several thousand pounds on top of that.
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