Picture from responders.

 

In a harrowing incident, a father and his two young children were found dead in a bathroom near a pavilion in Mae Khao Tom Subdistrict, Chiang Rai. The tragedy, which unfolded in the early hours of Christmas Day morning, has left the local community in shock.

 

The sole survivor, an eight-year-old boy, managed to escape and seek help from a local resident. The child, bearing marks on his neck from a rope, ran approximately 500 metres to a nearby garden, where he told a worker that something terrible had happened to his father and two siblings. The local resident immediately alerted the village headman and waited with the child until the authorities arrived.

 

Village headman, Mr Boonchuan Hunnamthiang, revealed that the father, identified as Mr Therd, had been struggling with severe stress since separating from his wife three to four months ago. "Since the separation, he drank heavily, day and night," Mr Boonchuan said. "This morning, he volunteered to take his three children to school, but instead, he took them to the scene of the incident."

 

According to the police, Mr Therd used a rope to harm his three children before taking his own life. However, the eldest son managed to struggle free as the rope used on him broke due to its fragility. The child fell to the ground and fled the scene, running to seek help.

 

Chiang Rai police chief, Pol. Col. Ananchak Kanoknopawat, stated that preliminary investigations suggest Mr Therd had been under immense pressure following the separation. His ex-wife had reportedly left the three children in his care, and he had been battling emotional and financial difficulties since.

 

The children's grandmother, who shared the home with Mr Therd, confirmed that he had been drinking before leaving the house with the children that morning. She explained that the eldest son had a school field trip planned, and Mr Therd had offered to drop all three children off at school.

 

Authorities are conducting further investigations and have assured the public that support will be provided to the surviving child, who is currently receiving medical treatment and psychological care.

 

-- 2024-12-26

 

Tragic, I hope the surviving son can move on from this .

Mr Turd was definitely going through a total breakdown and someone should have taken the kids until he was in a good place. Unfortunately that’s not done here and this stuff happens. If anything he should have left his kids out of his misery and not murdered them. The son was lucky to survive, but will have a difficult time getting back to life with this picture in his head. The mother should be ashamed too having left her kids with him and not make sure everything was fine. She wanted out and didn’t want to take her children. That’s not a real mother. Just a sad case that happens to often. 

Mr Turd was a coward,   the kids had nothing to do with his emotions. 

 

Mr Turd was as weak as water,   he should have Maned up and solved his problems instead of taking the easy way out and others. 

 

 

rip kids.