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Carman Tells Mother Pattaya Arrest Is Real

The mother of Australian murder suspect Simon Carman initially believed widely shared footage of her son’s arrest in Thailand had been created using artificial intelligence as part of an online scam, before he confirmed the allegations against him were real.

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Wendy Carman, 68, reportedly sent a message to her son after seeing videos of his arrest at Bangkok airport, asking whether the family was being targeted by scammers. According to police sources cited by the Daily Mail, she believed the footage was fake because Carman had been living in Thailand.

Carman, 45, had already been arrested over the death of 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla, whose body was found inside a suitcase abandoned beside railway tracks near Pattaya. CCTV allegedly showed Carman riding a scooter with the suitcase strapped to the back before police detained him at Bangkok airport while he was preparing to board a Jetstar flight to Perth.

Police said Carman claimed he was returning to Australia to collect a replacement bank card after losing his original card and intended to return to Thailand within days. After his passport, luggage and mobile phone were seized, officers briefly allowed him to use his phone once it was no longer required as evidence.

According to police sources, reading his mother’s message caused Carman to become visibly emotional. One source said he broke down after saying, “Even my mum’s heard about it,” before replying that everything she had seen was true and that he probably would not see his family for a long time.

Carman appeared in court, where he was denied bail after a judge ruled he posed a flight risk. He was remanded in custody for 84 days, the maximum period investigators can request before filing an indictment, and transferred to Pattaya Remand Prison, where he is being held in the hospital wing with five other inmates.

Police said Carman has cooperated with investigators but has not requested visits, phone calls or legal representation. Australian consular officials remain in contact with both Carman and Thai authorities but have not visited him in person.

Detectives allege Carman placed the teenager’s body inside a 74cm suitcase, left it in his bathroom overnight, then transported it by motorbike to railway tracks near Pattaya’s floating market the following evening. He faces either the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted, while Tunchanok’s father, Thongchai Donhomla, has rejected any financial settlement, saying he wants the legal process to take its course.

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9 July 2026

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wensiensheng Platinum Member

wensiensheng

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13 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

I'm sure it is, which is simply the point I am making.

But they investigated it, didn't they? Once again, that's the point I am making.

Or, there may be nothing to hear back from them about. Who knows? It's early days.

Now, here's one for you to consider. Yes, yes, I know, another "what if" but it has happened in the past.

What if he says he knows the location of another body / bodies and he will confess to the killing / killings for a reduced sentence and / or prisoner exchange? The body / bodies being In Thailand and / or Australia.

If in Australia, now it becomes a diplomatic issue.

If you were the parents / family of a missing person, and he is the suspect, wouldn't you want police to take that deal, in the hope of finding the remains and laying them to rest?

I'm not saying it will happen. What I am saying is I have considered the possibility because I think outside the box.

Once again, you base your hypothesis on what he "looks like." I am basing it more on his actions after the event, and those actions tend to indicate to me serious criminal intent to avoid apprehension, to the point police should be looking into his past and any connection to cold cases.

And check who went missing, prioritizing sex workers, particularly those who did "out calls" around every location in Australia where this guy has lived.

It’s just my opinion, but your out the box thinking is sounding more and more far fetched.

Yes, the Thai police looked, already, and found nothing. So that’s one prop knocked out from under the “he must be a serial killer” theorists.

When the Australian police come back, as they will, it will be another prop knocked out.

So now we are into fantasy confessions that don’t exist and fantasy diplomatic incidents based on said fantasy confession. Heck, why not shoot for WW3, you are half way there already. 😂

wensiensheng Platinum Member

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10 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

How do you know he is "down on his luck", or "unlucky in life?"

I've never won the lottery, I guess I am unlucky also. 😂

Some may argue, surviving brain surgery makes you lucky. 😂

No rampant speculation from me. Don't try to sensationalize my posts.

I am merely pointing out police would be looking into this guy's history and for any connections to cold cases. I have said nothing more, nor nothing less. You have posted that Thai police have done this already. So I was correct from the first time I posted such.

Well, you are entitled to your opinion. I don't judge anyone that way. Good people are capable of doing bad things, and bad people are capable of doing good things. It all depend on the timing and circumstances.

Hmm, no rampant speculation from you? Just for fun I cut a quote from your previous post. Here it is.

“What if he says he knows the location of another body / bodies and he will confess to the killing / killings for a reduced sentence and / or prisoner exchange? The body / bodies being In Thailand and / or Australia.

If in Australia, now it becomes a diplomatic issue.”

I already said why I consider him to be a “loser”. He had brain surgery for a tumor and is sitting in a Thai jail charged with murder. A relatively uncomfortable position to be in I suspect.

But I’m sure that he will be comforted by the fact that you consider him a lucky sob. I did read that he is in the hospital wing and only sharing a room with five other men. Yet another example of the good luck that you say he is experiencing! Wow, if only I had his luck.

And don’t forget, to win the lottery, you gotta buy a ticket!

ryandb Silver Member

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On 7/9/2026 at 11:16 AM, Scouse123 said:

No, I don't.

It's up to you to negotiate your way through life and not expect Mummy to be running around picking up the pieces, the deal should never be from cradle until grave. It makes people not take responsibility for themselves.

There are people who have everything, two parents, fantastic upbringing, the best schools and universities/colleges that go out and commit the most heinous crimes for no apparent reason.

We then have people who drag themselves up in the world and become billionaires.

We didn't say cradle to grave, but honestly, yes, you should receive sound advice from your parents your whole life and feel like they will help you find the right path when you get a setback or find yourself in a bad place. What do they say about pets and Xmas?

Scouse123 Ruby Member

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58 minutes ago, ryandb said:

We didn't say cradle to grave, but honestly, yes, you should receive sound advice from your parents your whole life and feel like they will help you find the right path when you get a setback or find yourself in a bad place. What do they say about pets and Xmas?

A difference between giving advice, which they may or not choose to listen to, than being at their service for their whole lives.

I find a lot today want you to do everything for them, and then complain if it isn't what they expected.

Scouse123 Ruby Member

Scouse123

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1 hour ago, ryandb said:

We didn't say cradle to grave, but honestly, yes, you should receive sound advice from your parents your whole life and feel like they will help you find the right path when you get a setback or find yourself in a bad place. What do they say about pets and Xmas?

A pet has limited intelligence and is reliant on its owner/master, it return, it usually gives immense loyalty.

We shouldn't allow our kids into that mindset or make them ' needy ' or totally reliant on handouts, I hate that.

BusyB Platinum Member

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9 hours ago, JerryM said:

Well hopefully police in Thailand and Australia will read on this website to find out what they should be doing.

9 hours ago, JerryM said:

Police colonel Anek Srathongyoo, a superintendent of Pattaya City police station, told the Guardian on Tuesday that although there was no evidence linking Simon Peter Carman to the cases in neighbouring regions, they were investigating the possibility given similarities between the cases.

Srathongyoo said the two unsolved cases in the last two years also involved similar crime scenes with women’s bodies found in suitcases, but they had been more difficult to solve because more time had passed between the women’s deaths and their bodies being found.

Looks like they are. Glad to hear it.

wensiensheng Platinum Member

wensiensheng

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3 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

It’s just my opinion, but your out the box thinking is sounding more and more far fetched.

Yes, the Thai police looked, already, and found nothing. So that’s one prop knocked out from under the “he must be a serial killer” theorists.

When the Australian police come back, as they will, it will be another prop knocked out.

So now we are into fantasy confessions that don’t exist and fantasy diplomatic incidents based on said fantasy confession. Heck, why not shoot for WW3, you are half way there already. 😂

To be fair to @KhunHeineken I just read that Thai police have not ruled out carmen from the previous suitcase murders. They have not ruled him in also.

That is different to what I read previously, and what I posted here, so I wanted to set that record straight in terms of the current position.

Results due in at some point.

Olmate Ruby Member

Olmate

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25 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

To be fair to @KhunHeineken I just read that Thai police have not ruled out carmen from the previous suitcase murders. They have not ruled him in also.

That is different to what I read previously, and what I posted here, so I wanted to set that record straight in terms of the current position.

Results due in at some point.

Your talking to KH, if it's not gonna happen he still sounds the alarm bells, specially for Ozzies here, dog whistle, kicking the can, on n on! Weather the storm, little lunch must be due shortly!

JerryM Gold Member

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Well here is my observation for today: With the 2 unsolved murders, nobody knows who the murderer is, nobody knows who are the deceased, nobody knows where or when the murders occurred , nobody can ever say how the deceased and the murderer got together, and nobody saw anyone dispose of the suitcases.

Compared to that slick operation , the case in point today is total blunder.

wensiensheng Platinum Member

wensiensheng

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6 hours ago, JerryM said:

Well here is my observation for today: With the 2 unsolved murders, nobody knows who the murderer is, nobody knows who are the deceased, nobody knows where or when the murders occurred , nobody can ever say how the deceased and the murderer got together, and nobody saw anyone dispose of the suitcases.

Compared to that slick operation , the case in point today is total blunder.

6 hours ago, JerryM said:

Well here is my observation for today: With the 2 unsolved murders, nobody knows who the murderer is, nobody knows who are the deceased, nobody knows where or when the murders occurred , nobody can ever say how the deceased and the murderer got together, and nobody saw anyone dispose of the suitcases.

Compared to that slick operation , the case in point today is total blunder.

Sure, my opinion remains unchanged. A bar fine gone wrong, argument becomes a fight, becomes a murder.

But facts are facts and I read that Thai police had discounted the other two cases, now I read that they have not done so. So I’m fine to correct myself even if it doesn’t change my opinion.

I think he carried on with his routine, partly because he is slow witted due to his brain surgery and partly because he was in shock. The suitcase? Maybe read about the other cases and thought it was a good idea.

All speculation.

His supposed defensive wounds are perhaps more than just scratches if he is the hospital wing. Not sure it changes anything whether one in the unintended murder camp, or serial killer camp.

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