The Department of Special Investigation has offered a reward of 2 million baht to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of the killer of a Japanese tourist 17 years ago.

 

The announcement was made today via the department’s Facebook page and is the latest effort by Thai law enforcement to find the killer of Tomoko Kawashita, whose body was found in a temple compound in Sukhothai province in 2007.

 

Her throat had been cut and her belongings were missing, leading police to suspect that she had been a victim of a robbery gone wrong.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-02-16

 

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Why did it take 17 years to reignite the investigation?

Pressure. 

6 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Why did it take 17 years to reignite the investigation?

Her Parents have come Oh never mind read the full story yourself.

I suspect the father who recently was in Thailand financed this bounty, and it will may work, because the murderer's friends who know about it probably need the money.

17 years ago, wth... can't hardly remember what I ate last week