Thai police investigate if Australian man charged over 17-year-old girl’s murder linked to other unsolved cases
Police say there are similarities but no evidence of links between Thunchanok Donhomla’s alleged murder and two other deaths in past two years in same region
TL;DR
- An Australian man, Simon Peter Carman, has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Thunchanok Donhomla in Pattaya, Thailand.
- Police are investigating possible links between this case and two other unsolved deaths in the region from the past two years.
- Similarities include women's bodies being found in suitcases, with belongings also present.
- CCTV footage allegedly shows Donhomla with Carman before her death, and Carman leaving the condo with a large suitcase.
- Carman was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok while attempting to leave Thailand.
- The medical examiner suggests Donhomla likely died from suffocation.
- Donhomla had recently arrived in Pattaya and met Carman on the beach.
- Police are investigating if one of Donhomla's friends, who may work in the sex industry, is involved.