Father's suicide leads police to reopen son's murder case

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

Rewadee Kanlahasuntorn cries Wednesday at the Criminal Court where her husband killed himself.

 

BANGKOK — After a father committed suicide at the Criminal Court after someone was acquitted of killing his son, police Wednesday reopened the murder case.

 

Three days after Supachai Kanlahasuntorn, 45, leaped from the eighth floor of the Criminal Court in Bangkok after a judge acquitted Nattapong Ngeonkeeree of murder. Today, his family went to the court and held a ceremony to take Supachai’s spirit home as police reopened the case due to media attention.

 

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Fresh probe ordered in stabbing case after acquittal of murder suspect

By JESSADA JANTARAK, 
KORNKAMOL AKSORNDEJ 
THE NATION

 

 

METROPOLITAN POLICE Commissioner Pol Lt-General Chanthep Sesavej has set a 15-day time frame for a fresh probe into the fatal stabbing of a man, whose father jumped to his death over the court’s decision to acquit the adult murder suspect on Monday.

 

“The new probe will provide assistance to the victim’s family,” Chanthep said. “I’m giving about 15 days to the panel in charge of a fresh investigation.”

 

On Monday, Supachai Kanlahasunthorn, 52, jumped off a court building in Bangkok after the judge in charge of the case gave the benefit of the doubt to his son’s alleged adult killer Nattapong Ngern-khiri. 

 

Nattapong and a 16-year-old boy had been arraigned for the killing of Supachai’s 23-year-old son Thanit following a brawl on April 15, 2016.

 

No witnesses showed up during the court trials against Nattapong. Closed-circuit TV recordings showed a fistfight, but no stabbing. The minor suspect has pleaded guilty to the fatal stabbing in the Central Juvenile and Family Court, which handles his case because of his young age. 

 

Chanthep said yesterday that he had already instructed the panel in charge of the fresh probe to look into the shooting that occurred in front of a temple when Thanit’s funeral was held there. 

 

“That shooting caused one death. We should determine if there’s any connection between the shooting and stabbing,” he said. 

 

Huai Khwang Police Station superintendent Pol Colonel Kampol Rattanaprateep said the suspect in the shooting case had not yet been caught. 

 

“CCTV recordings showed he fled on a motorcycle. But he has not yet been identified,” he said. 

 

Thanit’s mother Rewadee Kanlahasunthorn, 50, thanked senior police for ordering a fresh probe. 

 

She also urged people who had witnessed the stabbing of her son to come forward. 

 

“I’ve already lost my son and my husband. Please give me justice,” Rewadee said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30350825

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-26

11 minutes ago, webfact said:

Fresh probe ordered in stabbing case after acquittal of murder suspect

That sounds great. Good that they are really looking into it if something is wrong, was missing or not handed over the first time.

And the murderer will be acquitted again when the media stop caring. Seems to me, that the courts were lenient and from what I can tell, sufficient evidence to indite the killer in the first place. Father must have had a tormented life since the death of his son. Sad story from all perspectives. 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Father's suicide leads police to reopen son's murder case

I think it's not the actual suicide, but the publicity from it...

This is a bit confusing, a 16 year old boy pleaded guilty to the stabbing,

is he the one who was found not guilty ?,after pleading guilty 

On reading again there was an adult suspect as well,who was found not

guilty,OK

regards worgeordie

Edited July 26, 20187 yr by worgeordie
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This shows that they have as much confidence in their work as I do.