Teacher’s Aide Arrested for Abducting 10-Year-Old Boy in Phetchaburi

Teacher’s Aide Arrested for Abducting 10-Year-Old Boy in Phetchaburi

A 19-year-old teacher’s aide, Saowaros Taengon, was arrested for allegedly abducting a 10-year-old boy, Owen, in Phetchaburi. Owen disappeared on January 25 while taking out the trash, sparking a police search after relatives reported him missing. Security footage showed a woman arriving on a motorcycle and taking Owen away. Owen was later found abandoned near a local temple. He claimed a motorcyclist threatened him and took him to a forested area before transferring him to a van. The van driver released him near a university, where Owen sought help. Saowaros, a teacher’s aide at Owen’s school, alleged she was helping transport him but left him after he refused to enter her home. Police are investigating the conflicting accounts.