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Foreigner hangs himself, burns house down next to final message to wife: "You have stolen everything from me"

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Still seems a bit strange that he handcuffed himself from behind

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  • cornishcarlos
    cornishcarlos

    How very sad.... It happens all the time, guys lose everything to parasites and family..  Shame he thought this was his only option !!!

  • stanleycoin
    stanleycoin

    Sad out come. R.I.P.    The girls can only runaway with what you give them. Please take care of your finances in Thailand. most people are to old to fill the bank up again. 

  • colinneil
    colinneil

    Tragic, poor man felt his only way out was suicide. When you marry into the wrong family, and they get their claws in you, you are lost. Been there, buyt had the sense to get on a plane and

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20 hours ago, sanemax said:

Yes, but then he couldnt be accused of "leaving a wife in USA" then , which I was replying too 

his wife is from the bronx now you know why he left her !

On 03/04/2018 at 5:37 AM, mogandave said:

The wife probably had insurance on the car, motorbike and house.

Might have had life insurance on the husband as well.




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And you honestly think the insurance will pay out on a family member’s arson, and suicide..?  

On 4/8/2018 at 5:31 PM, retiredusn said:

Still seems a bit strange that he handcuffed himself from behind

Not from behind, he put on his handcuffs, not the wife. Please read/ 

 

   

And you honestly think the insurance will pay out on a family member’s arson, and suicide..?  


Depends on when the insurance was bought.

Even though the house was torched by a family member, it’s still arson, and the family member was not the owner and does not stand to benefit from the claim.

I think the insurance would have to pay.

On ‎3‎/‎31‎/‎2018 at 9:39 AM, hellohello123 said:

so lets play devils advocate and lets reverse everything,

 

sure each country/culture has bad/unetheical people,

 

but would most men from farangland or even thai do that to their partner?

 

take their assets, and get loans against them, lie and steal from them,

and then get violent and refuse to leave, or keep their kids away from them,

 

possibly, but id say generally no.

 

Foreigners hold their culture/values higher than third world Thailand (sorry to say  but I'm guilty of this too), so why do we tolerate this sort of behaviour. 

Would you pay your Gf back home $5k just to leave the house??  Or even rent them a house for a year because they refuse to work?!?!?! 

 

Not a chance 

My GF back home, after I left her, didn't get me put in jail or have me murdered, nor did I ever think she would. When I was in the process of leaving my wife I feared for my life, and kept the bedroom door locked at night.

10 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

My GF back home, after I left her, didn't get me put in jail or have me murdered, nor did I ever think she would. When I was in the process of leaving my wife I feared for my life, and kept the bedroom door locked at night.

maybe she is waiting for enough time to pass before trying it , keep looking over your shoulder 

People, in general, need to find ways to find strength in their individual selves.

 

I'm sorry for the suicidal man, but he put too much stock in other person, and on his worship of money.  

On 29/03/2018 at 10:50 AM, kalidescopemind said:

How do Thais still get away with this?    How can you buy a property that you can't have in your name, and not know you are being screwed?

 

It's not the Thais' fault. Some falangs lose all sense of proportion when  they come to Thailand and unfortunately become fruit ripe for the taking. We have all heard of fellows in similar situations but very few of them react how this poor chap did.

 

I remember an old boy of 70 who'd bought a house for his 'wife' near Jomtien. Her Thai husband turned up and the old chap was handed his belongings in a couple of black plastic bags and told to scarper. He got over it and carried on as before, a wiser but poorer man than he had been a year earlier.

 

A bachelor's life might be a lonely one but it's safer and more secure especially in a land where you can't read or write or even speak the local lingo.

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