Brother bailed as police investigate mysterious disappearance of Australian expat and Thai wife

 

 

Image: Sanook

 

A man has been released on bail as police continue to investigate the mysterious disappearance of an Australian man and his Thai wife in northern Thailand.

 

Alan Hawk (name transliterated from Thai) and his wife Nott Suddaen, both 61, were reported missing on Thursday by a concerned friend.

 

The friend visited the couple’s home after being unable to contact them via the Line app the on Wednesday

 

After she could not find the couple after home she reported the matter to the police.

 

Officers later found blood stains, which looked like someone had tried to clean, on the ground outside the property.

 

The couple’s white Ford Ranger was also missing.

 

Thai media now reports that Nott’s brother had been arrested by police initially over the missing vehicle.

 

Police say they have CCTV footage of the brother entering the property on September 19th.

 

The vehicle was later picked on CCTV being driven in Sukhothai and Lampang on September 21st.

 

The brother denies involvement and has now been released after family members stumped up 200,000 baht in bail money.

 

Police are yet to confirm whether the Australian man and his wife are alive but have said their investigations are ongoing.

 

Officers currently believe the disappearance could be related to a family feud.

 

They added that it is likely two or more people are involved in the disappearance.

 

Thai media went to the home of the brother and questioned his wife who also denied any involvement

 

The missing couple have reportedly lived at their home in Phrae’s Muang District for more than 20 years.

 

The couple’s daughter who lives in England is understood to have arrived in Thailand on Saturday.

 

Source: PPTV

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-09-23

Money 

2 minutes ago, Oziex1 said:

Money 

The actual equation is; Greed + Pathological desire for money = All and any crime is justified

One wonders if the 200,00 baht is the australians money !

Normally bail is paid back aftet court case.

So a suspect in the disappearance has been set free already?
 
Money Number One.

Why should the brother be investigated for the car's disappearance?   How about the couple's disappearance? ??

1 hour ago, Oziex1 said:

Money 

Speculation.

1 hour ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

So a suspect in the disappearance has been set free already?

 

Money Number One.

Exactly the same as in every other country.  It's called bail and if it's available and the conditions can be met it not unreasonable for it to be granted even though some people here would never want to see a Thai person granted any concession due to them.

Something happened here in the LOS.hope they find them or the truth comes out

1 hour ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Good luck being repaid in Thailand bud. 

Thailand has no reputation for not returning bail after a case, unless the offender absconds.

1 hour ago, Mickmouse1 said:

Why should the brother be investigated for the car's disappearance?   How about the couple's disappearance? ??

There's evidence of him with the car.  Presumably, at this stage, there's no evidence to link him with disappearances.

1 hour ago, Mickmouse1 said:

Why should the brother be investigated for the car's disappearance?   How about the couple's disappearance? ??

He is also a suspect in the couples disappearance 

2 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

There's evidence of him with the car.  Presumably, at this stage, there's no evidence to link him with disappearances.

That's a big old bail of 200,000b for Using a car.theres no smoke without fire and especially in Thailand.

I have full confidence that the TVF private eyes will solve this in the next few days.

They look good for 61 year old couple

11 minutes ago, marko kok prong said:

I have full confidence that the TVF private eyes will solve this in the next few days.

It's Sunday so investigations won't start until tomorrow.its already been deduced it involves money and greed so that narrows it down 60 million suspects.

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The vehicle was later picked on CCTV being driven in Sukhothai and Lampang on September 21st.

First place to start looking for bodies ?, I remember when a Bangkok Doctor

chopped his wife up,flushed some parts down a Hotel toilet,and the Police

suspected he had dumped body parts on a road outside Bangkok,so the

police put out a request for help from the locals,in the next couple of weeks

6 sets of different bodies were found !skulls,bones,I don't think the Police

were very pleased ,trying to solve 1 murder and uncover 6 more !

regards worgeordie

7 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Yup, and he must have been charged with something if he has been given bail.

Yup, that something was very clearly stated in the OP to be regarding the missing vehicle.

7 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Article states arrested not charged.

Article also states that he was bailed which means that "arrested" in this case also suggests that he was charged.  Obviously.

4 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Sure, personal experience of some 30+ years in business dealing with Thai incompetence, ineptitude and croynism at all levels and including several legal firms. 

So out of all that alleged "incompetence, ineptitude and cronyism" did you ever have an incident where your bail was not returned to you by a court, which is what this is all about?

17 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

So out of all that alleged "incompetence, ineptitude and cronyism" did you ever have an incident where your bail was not returned to you by a court, which is what this is all about?

I think this is about two people mysteriously disappearing and not about wether or not bail monies are returned.no where does it state what he's been charged with.you are only speculating it's because of the car.he could of been found with drugs on him or have had outstanding warrants but oh no the 200,000b bail was for using the car.have a day off,it Sunday and every village idiot deserves one.

3 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Good luck being repaid in Thailand bud. 

I once was arrested and paid 100.000THB bail.

I got the money back 100%.

If you use a lawyer, you are lucky to get back 70%, for all mysterious reasons the lawyer will tell you...

3 hours ago, Oziex1 said:

Money 

Greed

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

he was charged

I think they need to  apply  more voltage/amps

5 minutes ago, ckry said:

I once was arrested and paid 100.000THB bail.

I got the money back 100%.

If you use a lawyer, you are lucky to get back 70%, for all mysterious reasons the lawyer will tell you...

ooooooooh  tell us more what had'nt u done

If the couple got the brother to drive them somewhere why he not say? has the car been cleared of no blood stains? did they bother to check? has the brother still got the car?

22 minutes ago, ckry said:

I once was arrested and paid 100.000THB bail.

I got the money back 100%.

If you use a lawyer, you are lucky to get back 70%, for all mysterious reasons the lawyer will tell you...

This is interesting. Do they - whoever holds the dosh - pay the lawyer for you?

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

 

"In fact, we find that many of our clients have already worked with other law firms and quickly found them to be useless, lazy, thieving, etc…"

Couldn't find that part on that link, would that be because it wasn't there, I wonder?

I found it. 

 

Easy enough if you look. 

 

Look under “does thailand bail do any free work up front”

Off topic bickering posts and the replies have been removed.

Maybe RTP could refer more cases to the experts on Thai Visa ?