Report Thai Teenager Missing for a Week: Family Appeals for Public's Help

[snoop1130]

Photo via Facebook/ ปภัสสร ฯ.

 

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of 17-year-old Naphatsorn “Namtan” Plerphukiao from Chachoengsao province has captured national attention, as today marks a week since she went missing. The young girl was last seen taking a taxi from her dormitory in Pathum Thani to Bangkok, before vanishing without a trace.

 

Namtan had been residing in Pathum Thani for an internship, leaving her dormitory at 12:06 am on 1st May. CCTV footage captured her entering an orange taxi, which she booked via a mobile app. The taxi reportedly took her to the Rama 3 area of Bangkok, yet the reason for the trip remains unclear. Crucially, Namtan did not take any personal belongings with her, apart from her mobile phone, indicating an unexpected departure.

 

Her father, Boonlert Plerphukiao, has since travelled from Udon Thani to Bangkok in search of answers. He sought assistance from Channel 7, a Thai television network, in the hope of reaching a broader audience to aid the search. Meanwhile, the family has turned to social media to appeal for any information about Namtan's whereabouts, urging anyone with knowledge to come forward.

 

The ride-hailing app revealed that after reaching Rama 3, Namtan arranged another taxi to Pattaya Walking Street. However, the driver cancelled the journey midway, suggesting her disappearance might have occurred in Chachoengsao province. In response, the family filed a missing person's report at Chulalongkorn Pratunam Police Station in Pathum Thani.

 

Namtan left her accommodation on the orange taxi. | Photo via Facebook/ หนองวัวซอ อัปเดต ธีระแก๊ส

 

Boonlert has frequently attempted to contact his daughter by phone, but all calls have gone unanswered. The family is desperately seeking information from the ride-hailing company about her last known trip in a bid to trace her steps. The police, along with Namtan's family, are hoping the public can provide crucial insights that might lead to her safe return.

 

Namtan's family has invited anyone with information to contact them directly. Her father can be reached at 098-359-5216, and further contacts include her grandmother at 062-375-9349, or through her sister's Facebook account, ปภัสสร ฯ.

 

Concerns over Namtan's safety are acute, with netizens speculating about potential conflicts that might have led her to cut contact. Nonetheless, the family has not disclosed any issues that could have prompted her disappearance. The focus remains squarely on finding Namtan and ensuring her wellbeing. As the days progress, the hope is that increased public attention will expedite her discovery and reunite her with her family.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-05-08

 

 

[save the frogs]

pattaya walking street?

so she was hired by a club there? trying to make extra money to pay for studies? 

 

[Watawattana]

Hope she's okay and not harmed in any way.

[Gottfrid]

15 hours ago, save the frogs said:

pattaya walking street?

so she was hired by a club there? trying to make extra money to pay for studies? 

 

Yes, of course! And she works 24/7, so that´s why she never returns home. if no need to return home, why not give a notice to the landlord?

Or did you try to make fun out of a possible disappearance of a young girl? I that case you should feel ashamed.

Hopefully they will find her and everything is ok, but unfortunately history and statistics tells another story.

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Or did you try to make fun out of a possible disappearance of a young girl? I that case you should feel ashamed.

 

No, of course I'm not making fun of the disappearance of the girl.

I'm saying there are clues ... I would interrogate those bar owners on walking street. 

 

[kiwikeith]

20 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

No, of course I'm not making fun of the disappearance of the girl.

I'm saying there are clues ... I would interrogate those bar owners on walking street. 

 

If she got there but sadly this looks suspicious, I hope she's found safe and sound. 

[factual monk]

Wishing for her safety... very young to undergo any suffering... 

 

[ignore it]

Seriously, This is terrible.

 

Not seriously,  I'll do some checking at some local "soapy massage" places to see if she's interning at one of them.

[JJ-Thailand]

Doesn't look good. Hope I'm wrong.

[ronster]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The ride-hailing app revealed that after reaching Rama 3, Namtan arranged another taxi to Pattaya Walking Street. However, the driver cancelled the journey midway, suggesting her disappearance might have occurred in Chachoengsao province.

The driver cancelled the journey midway ? 

So half way there the driver just decides can't be bothered and told her get out ?

Highly doubt it 🧐 

[WorldTravellerMUC]

If the 2nd taxi-ride was booked through an App, even if cannelled midway there will be a record of which driver did accept the ride. Now it may happen that that the driver registered and the actual driver are different, but I would apply pressure to the registered driver to see whom he let drive his car.

 

Let's hope for the best and that she will be found safe!

[runamok27]

1 hour ago, kiwikeith said:

If she got there but sadly this looks suspicious, I hope she's found safe and sound. 

From the article. She never made it to Walking Street.

 

"The ride-hailing app revealed that after reaching Rama 3, Namtan arranged another taxi to Pattaya Walking Street. However, the driver cancelled the journey midway, suggesting her disappearance might have occurred in Chachoengsao province."

[Baba Naba]

Hmmm.... Maybe she had her new employer or a friend from Pattaya pick her up halfway to throw her relatives off the scent? 

 

   Try Soi 6 or LK Metro.... but I would bet you could get more info from the taxi driver...

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The ride-hailing app revealed that after reaching Rama 3, Namtan arranged another taxi to Pattaya Walking Street. However, the driver cancelled the journey midway, suggesting her disappearance might have occurred in Chachoengsao province.

Why was the journey canceled?

[rumeaug]

Straight to Pattaya WS. Well that's a freaking bad start in life if  she goes down that road. Whoever "baited' her should caught  and  held accountable (to put things very mildly...)

[J Branche]

Kid doesn't have phone with SIM service? First thing I did when bought the kid a phone is set up the Track My Phone account.  Hope she is found safely soon.

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Hopefully they will find her and everything is ok, but unfortunately history and statistics tells another story.

Which quotable statistics and history are those?

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, save the frogs said:

 

No, of course I'm not making fun of the disappearance of the girl.

I'm saying there are clues ... I would interrogate those bar owners on walking street. 

Why should the uninvolved owners of businesses in which she could not work be "interrogated"?

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Which quotable statistics and history are those?

The ones which state that the first 24h is critical and after the percentage of finding people alive gets much lower.

[Bundooman]

On 5/8/2025 at 4:49 PM, save the frogs said:

pattaya walking street?

so she was hired by a club there? trying to make extra money to pay for studies? 

 

A 17-year-old girl goes missing and all you can do is post innuendoes of she might be doing?

That's downright disgusting and reveals what sort of man you are. I am the father of 3 daughters, 2 in UK with an 18-year-old daughter here in Thailand.

If you said that to me face to face - I would be the only one to leave with a face.

How dare you ridicule the disappearance of a young teenage girl, because of your vile, sordid attitude to Thai girls/women?!

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, Bundooman said:

A 17-year-old girl goes missing and all you can do is post innuendoes of she might be doing?

That's downright disgusting and reveals what sort of man you are. I am the father of 3 daughters, 2 in UK with an 18-year-old daughter here in Thailand.

If you said that to me face to face - I would be the only one to leave with a face.

How dare you ridicule the disappearance of a young teenage girl, because of your vile, sordid attitude to Thai girls/women?!

 

Why would I be ridiculing the girl's disappearance? Do I look like a sociopath? 

 

My comment was more along the lines of where she was in the sense of where the police should be looking for clues. 

 

I wasn't judging her. And no need to bring your own daughters into this discussion. 

 

 

[Ctkong]

A 17 year old lady traveling with just a mobile and nothing else from Bangkok to pattaya at midnight do ask for some serious questions  especially when a hailing ride was cancelled halfway the journey. The police had better ask the driver of the ride some serious questions . Overall not a good omen.