Grim discovery in the woods: Unidentified foreigner found dead and burned in Lop Buri forest

[webfact]

 

A local man discovered the dead body of an unidentified foreign man in a forest in the central province of Lop Buri. Police believe the man was murdered before being burned at the scene.

 

A Thai man, 55 year old Somboon Onjaeng, reported the shocking discovery to Chai Badan Police Station at 10am yesterday, September 12. The Somboon informed officers that he was riding his motorcycle in the area to go fishing and encountered, what initially appeared to be a discarded mannequin, but upon closer inspection, revealed itself to be a lifeless human body.

 

Officers and a rescue team rushed to the scene to investigate the man’s death. They discovered the lifeless burned body in the forest located 20 metres away from the roadside.

 

by Petch Petpailin 

Photo via Page 3 News

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/grim-discovery-in-the-woods-unidentified-foreigner-found-dead-and-burned-in-lop-buri-forest

 

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[Gecko123]

In case anyone is wondering, according to the below news report the body was found "along the entrance to Khao Hin Kling Monastery Lam Narai Subdistrict Chai Badan District Lopburi Province."

 

https://news.ch7.com/detail/670946

 

Google Maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/สำนักสงฆ์+วัดเขาหินกลิ้ง/@15.0896421,100.6570361,10z/data=!4m10!1m2!2m1!1sKhao+Hin+Kling+Monastery+!3m6!1s0x311e4395a0aa1083:0xd430a16c5e82162c!8m2!3d15.184199!4d101.103121!15sChhLaGFvIEhpbiBLbGluZyBNb25hc3RlcnmSAQ9idWRkaGlzdF90ZW1wbGXgAQA!16s%2Fg%2F11r6rbb8h9?entry=ttu

 

Thai language TV news report:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Vnc2EMj98

 

 

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Police believe the man was murdered before being burned at the scene.

Hopefully!

After that, there are geniuses at work again. They find a man that are burned, with a lot of head wounds as well as hand cuffed. They believe he was murdered!? Darwin is done, and Einstein have been taking the realm.

After that they believe he was not a resident of the area, because no one has reported him missing. Later he is announced to be a factory worker in the area/province.

 

The mental health hospital just apprehended the investigation squad.

 

[steven100]

oh dear  '     nasty business ..... but not uncommon in Thailand.

 

money owed

drug deal gone wrong

jealousy revenge

[Gecko123]

25 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Hopefully!

After that, there are geniuses at work again. They find a man that are burned, with a lot of head wounds as well as hand cuffed. They believe he was murdered!? Darwin is done, and Einstein have been taking the realm.

After that they believe he was not a resident of the area, because no one has reported him missing. Later he is announced to be a factory worker in the area/province.

 

The mental health hospital just apprehended the investigation squad.

 

I initially had a similar reaction, however the Thaiger article appears to have been based on very preliminary reports. Please keep in mind that Chai Badan's police station is relatively small. Later news reports show that a full forensics team was very quickly on scene, the police managed to identified the charred remains of the victim in a remarkably short period of time and are actively reviewing CCTV footage, and have expressed confidence that they will catch the perpetrators. I would also remind people that it was Lopburi's police department that caught the masked shooter who killed three people, including a small child, in that botched Lopburi shopping mall jewelry store robbery about 3-4 years ago. 

[tandor]

1 hour ago, Gottfrid said:

Hopefully!

After that, there are geniuses at work again. They find a man that are burned, with a lot of head wounds as well as hand cuffed. They believe he was murdered!? Darwin is done, and Einstein have been taking the realm.

After that they believe he was not a resident of the area, because no one has reported him missing. Later he is announced to be a factory worker in the area/province.

 

The mental health hospital just apprehended the investigation squad.

 

Geez! aren't you a nice piece of work.   RIP to the deceased foreigner.

[Grumpy one]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

oh dear  '     nasty business ..... but not uncommon in Thailand.

 

money owed

drug deal gone wrong

jealousy revenge

Suicide

[Gecko123]

They're likely gonna catch these guys very quickly. Whoever knew about that road where the body was dumped was very familiar with the area, which tells me the perps are local. The body was burned in the naive hope that this would prevent identification, which tells me that now that the cops know who the victim is, an investigation into known associates, and who he was last seen with will quickly lead to whoever did this. I'm thinking the motive might have been as simple as a drinking circle argument gone sideways, but then again if victim was a Chinese foreigner what are the chances he'd be in a drinking circle with locals? Just skeptical about drug dealing bad debts as a motive. The fact that this happened on a road leading up to what was formerly more of a monastery than a temple, makes me wonder if one of them had some incidental contact with the temple at some time, i.e., got ordained as a monk there. Just thinking out loud here. Please, no Inspector Clouseau comments.

[Gecko123]

The handcuffs don't fit the drinking circle gone sideways theory. Why do you criminally handcuff someone? You want them incapacitated, but still able to give you the information you want. Combination to a safe? Where's the money?

[BritManToo]

23 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

The handcuffs don't fit the drinking circle gone sideways theory. Why do you criminally handcuff someone? You want them incapacitated, but still able to give you the information you want. Combination to a safe? Where's the money?

More like a policeman hired to kill the guy.

[DJ54]

Curious do handcuffs have numbers or? To identify.. or is it one key fits all….

[Gecko123]

According to the below referenced article, the police have identified the victim as 39 year old Mr. Phichai Busayapaichit who got out of jail in 2022 on drug and robbery offenses. Police believe murder was drug related, and seem to have already identified the prime suspect(s) and are presently in the process of trying to locate them. 

 

https://www.thairath.co.th/news/crime/2724919