Murder or suicide?: Former municipal council man found chained to tree and burned to death in Longan orchard in north

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Relatives searching for a man missing since Tuesday after leaving his home in Ban Dokbua in Muang district of Phayao, northern Thailand, made a grisly discovery in a Longan (lamyai) orchard yesterday.

 

Chaiwut or "Lan", 51, was chained to a tree and had burned to death. A phone was found near the body.

 

His wife Jurairat said that Lan was a former municipal council worker who had lost his job. He had turned to looking after cows and buffalos on land adjacent to the orchard.

 

She said he was a nice and kind man. But since he had lost his job with the council he had often said that he wanted to die.

 

She was not sure whether he had been murdered or committed suicide.

 

A man called Sayan, 55, who has land nearby said that at 10pm on Tuesday as he was nodding off he thought he heard the sound of a single gunshot.

 

Siam Rath said that the Muang Phayao police were keeping both murder and suicide options open as their investigation into Lan's death began.

 

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[BananaStrong]

29 minutes ago, webfact said:

But since he had lost his job with the council he had often said that he wanted to die.

 

She was not sure whether he had been murdered or committed suicide.

I will let the online CSI masters take over this one, with 99% likely saying murder.    Maybe the ones who said he wanted to die were the ones responsible............I'm sure there's a book with that plot.

 

All I know is it shouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.   Based on just this article, impossible.

 

 

[mran66]

Now that would be interesting way to make suicide, chain yourselves to a tree and burn!

 

Masochist maybe? 

[tubby johnson]

Definitely a drowning.

 

Case closed  

[Colabamumbai]

No lottery numbers? 

[soi3eddie]

Horrible way to go. Can't see that being self inflicted. No mention of disputes with anyone? 

 

[gargamon]

Was he Catholic? I think they used to do this kind of thing. 

[BangkokReady]

3 hours ago, BananaStrong said:

murder.

I disagree with your conclusion.

 

I think doused in petrol, started the fire, then immediately shot himself.

 

Chained to a tree to leave a mess just to mess with people.

[warrima]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

She said he was a nice and kind man. But since he had lost his job with the council he had often said that he wanted to die.

Wife done it.