Another suspect in Nonthaburi amulet murder case arrested after 13 years on the run

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Another suspect in Nonthaburi amulet murder case arrested after 13 years on the run

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A man suspected of involvement in the brutal murder of the mother and elder brother of a senior public prosecutor in 2007 has been arrested. 

 

Prawit "Tor" Ketsakun, 56, was arrested in Pak Praek, Muang Kanchanaburi. He denied involvement in the murders saying he was just sitting in a van. 

 

Police said that on August 21st 2007 a group of men had gone to the house of Theerasak and his mother Ratchinee in Chaeng Wattana Soi 41 to inquire about the sale of amulets priced at 8 million baht each. 

 

While Teerasak was showing the amulets one of the gang hammered him to death. 

 

His mother arrived on the scene and was also murdered. The dead bodies were then taken to a temple in Chaiyaphum where an undertaker connived to dispose of the bodies. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Monks at the temple got wise and informed the authorities. Most of the gang were arrested along with the undertaker.

 

One of the suspects, a woman, died last year. This left Prawit and a man called Chao, the gang leader who wielded the hammer. 

 

Chao is still on the run but the police said that there is still seven years before the statute of limitations runs out and they are confident he will be apprehended. 

 

Prawit denied involvement in the actual murders saying he was only sitting in the van that was used to transport the bodies to the north east. 

 

The victims in the case were the mother and elder brother of a prosecutor who at the time was working in Chiang Mai and who these days works in Udon Thani. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[Phuketshrew]

They must have been fake 8 million baht amulets ....

[Bender Rodriguez]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

about the sale of amulets priced at 8 million baht each. 

say what now ?

[sammieuk1]

"Prawit" you say! "umm" dead people amulets how mysterious any watches ????

[leither69]

One nabbed, sings like a canary for a deal, typical thais

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, leither69 said:

One nabbed, sings like a canary for a deal, typical thais

 

[brianthainess]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

inquire about the sale of amulets priced at 8 million baht each. 

Just how many amulets did they take ? in previous reports i thought it was only one.