Double murderer of ex wife and friend surrenders to police - the cops don't believe his story

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a man called Lertlaphit Yaemchumporn, aged 60, had surrendered to police for the double murder of his ex wife Suchada Tri-Ot, 53, and her friend Janukit Pongyaphat, 49.

 

The pair were killed in a shooting incident in Soi Praditcharoen 28, Muang district of Pathum Thani in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

 

Relatives in Lopburi persuaded the supect to give himself up to police there and he was taken back to Pak Khlong Rangsit police for questioning. 

 

A warrant had been issued Wednesday. 

 

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He provided a tale about how they were all drinking and he got annoyed and produced his gun and fired indiscriminately not knowing who he hit. 

 

Police dispute this version of event and have charged him with premeditated murder and say they have plenty of evidence.

 

However, the gun has not yet been found where the suspect said he discarded it. 

 

A reenactment of the crime is set to go ahead today. 

 

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[RJRS1301]

35 minutes ago, webfact said:

A reenactment of the crime is set to go ahead today.

with or without live ammunition?

[RandiRona]

47 minutes ago, webfact said:

they were all drinking and he got annoyed and produced his gun and fired indiscriminately not knowing who he hit. 

Russian roulette ??

[Skeptic7]

Another in a slew of violent murders by unstable Thai males just this year. This has been endemic here since...forever, but is really spreading like wildfire of late. 

[ukrules]

It's not what the police believe that counts, it's what they can prove.

 

What they believe is irrelevant.

Edited March 11, 2022 by ukrules

[RJRS1301]

4 minutes ago, ukrules said:

It's not what the police believe that counts, it's what they can prove.

 

What they believe is irrelevant.

Perhaps in some jurisdictions

 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A reenactment of the crime is set to go ahead today. 

Just jail the miscreant and be done with it...

[worgeordie]

Alcohol , plus guns  a deadly combination ....there seems

to be a lot of unstable people with firearms about.

One reason I never honk my horn now  when somebody

nearly takes my front end off cutting in , you never know.

regards worgeordie

[Elkski]

5 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Alcohol , plus guns  a deadly combination ....there seems

to be a lot of unstable people with firearms about.

One reason I never honk my horn now  when somebody

nearly takes my front end off cutting in , you never know.

regards worgeordie

Good advice but sad and true.  I don't get road rage but I could have been shot by taxi drivers who would not take the fare. 

[Boyn]

And here is another reason im choosing Spain instead of LOS ,Land of crazy psychos more like

[Dumbfounded]

LOS is becoming the Land Of Sociopaths

[brianthainess]

20 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

with or without live ammunition?

Also will they let him get pished ?