Shallow grave murder of couple: Fingerprints sent to immigration, cartridges found at scene

[webfact]

 

INN continued to update the public on the case where an unidentified male and female were found shot and buried encased in cement in woods in Chokchai district, Nakhon Ratchasima. 

 

It was earlier suggested that the woman was Thai and the man a foreigner. It was also suggested they were killed elsewhere. That might need to be revised after a further examination revealed new clues. 

 

The latest developments followed a two hour meeting held by Chokchai chief Pol Col Sukhon Sri-arun. Twenty officers are working on the case. 

 

The scene, some 400 meters off the road, is being further checked for additional bloodstains as well as an area 50 meters from the site where cement appeared to have been mixed. 

 

And now it was reported that 3 nine mm shell casings were found 1-2 meters from the shallow grave. 

 

These appeared to have been missed in the initial investigation at the end of last week.

 

Also both immigration and the civil registry authorities in Thailand have been sent fingerprints from both the female and male victim in an attempt to discover who they were.

 

With no evidence in their story, INN stated in their first line that forensic investigators expect to know the identity of the victims "rew rew nii" - very soon. 

 

Stay tuned to ASEAN NOW for the latest in this case. 

 

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[ezzra]

3 scenarios that one can think off  why those guys ended where they did,

love triangle, debts that couldn't be collected, or insulting or being disrespectful of someone with a mental issues, of course  could be others but these might be up there...

[Wiggy]

51 minutes ago, webfact said:

And now it was reported that 3 nine mm shell casings were found 1-2 meters from the shallow grave. 

 

These appeared to have been missed in the initial investigation at the end of last week.

Probably due to all the finger-pointing onlookers and media trampling all over the crime scene, which unfortunately seems to be common practice here. 

[Gecko123]

Whatever happened, it's sounding more and more like this isn't the first time the perpetrators have done this. There are just too many things pointing to an above average level of criminal sophistication. Bullets to the head, stripping the bodies to impede possible identification, encasing in cement to reduce detection of the corpses, the coordinated planning and manpower. In a related Thai Rath article, it said that the bullets came from a 9mm Glock which was "modified in a way which reflected a good knowledge of guns." Further evidence of criminal sophistication.

 

The thing is, if it was a love triangle, what are the chances that the jilted husband/boyfriend had that level of criminal sophistication and wherewithal? If it was a drug deal gone bad, does it seem likely that both the man and the woman would be killed? And if it was a high level drug deal gone bad, those relationships tend to be pretty transient, making personal connections between the killer(s) and the victims hard to trace, so why the need to go to such lengths to hide the bodies?

 

So...how about this scenario? What about the possibility that it's a murder-for-hire double cross? She lures him out into the woods under the ruse of looking at land to buy, knowing that someone is laying in wait to cap him. But after he's dead, they find out he's carrying a much larger amount of cash than they initially believed, and decide to cap her too in order to keep all the money for themselves, and get rid of her as a potential witness to boot. If something like that happened, that might make the killers exponentially more difficult to catch.

 

I apologize if anyone's offended by this speculation, just trying to think outside the box.

 

Edited August 1, 2022 by Gecko123

[Regyai]

or

 

 

the butler did it

 

 

sheesh