Man Found Dead in Canal After Disappearance Following Concert in Lopburi

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A fatal end has been confirmed in the case of a missing man, 21-year-old Natithorn, known to friends and family as “Job”, who vanished after attending a rock concert in Lopburi. His body was discovered on 6 May.

Natithorn, a resident of Khok Yai Subdistrict in Ban Mo District, Saraburi, left his house on the evening of 3 May to watch a live performance by the band Cocktail outside a department store in Lopburi. He was last seen driving a blue, four-door Ford pickup truck. When he failed to return and could not be contacted, his relatives filed a missing person report at Ban Mo Police Station on the afternoon of 4 May.

Investigators began checking CCTV footage along his presumed route home. Cameras at the Ban Klap Bridge intersection in Nong Don District captured Natithorn’s vehicle at 23:21 on 3 May, travelling along the Chai Nat–Pa Sak irrigation canal road toward Ban Mo.

Overnight, family members and rescue workers scoured the area, fearing the vehicle may have plunged into the canal. On the morning of 6 May, police received a tip from a local resident who noticed tyre marks leading into the canal in Ban Pong village, Nong Don. A rescue team, including divers, was dispatched and located the submerged vehicle in the Chai Nat–Pa Sak Canal at a depth of about seven metres. The driver’s side window was fully lowered, and the right front window was shattered, but Natithorn was not inside.

Shortly after, a body matching his description was found floating near the Rerng Rang watergate in Sra Song Subdistrict, Ban Mo, approximately eight kilometres from where the vehicle was found. Rescue workers retrieved the body, which showed no visible signs of injury. Family members later confirmed the identity as Natithorn.

According to “New”, 35, the leader of the “Pla Taphian Band” where Natithorn played keyboard, the young man had only recently left monkhood on 2 May, just a day before the concert. It is also believed that he could not 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Komchadluek 2025-05-07.