Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

A gruesome discovery was made on the 15 May, as the body of a man was found wrapped in plastic and weighted with a concrete post, floating in the Mekong River near Phon Phisai District in Nong Khai Province.

 

Police were alerted at around 09:30, when local residents spotted the body caught near the riverbank at Ban Mai Sai Thong in Kud Bong Sub-district. Pol. Sub-Lt. Wiracharn Summat, an investigative officer at Phon Phisai Police Station, responded to the scene along with investigators, a forensic doctor from Phon Phisai Hospital, and rescue personnel from Chaba 191.

 

The body had been tightly wrapped in black plastic sheeting and further concealed beneath blue-and-white shade netting, tied with rope and bound to a concrete pillar used to weigh it down. Once unwrapped, the victim was identified as a male dressed only in a pair of trousers. His body was in an advanced state of decomposition, emitting a strong odour, suggesting he had been dead for at least a week.

 

An initial examination revealed at least seven stab wounds and lacerations inflicted by a sharp weapon. The injuries included one wound to the neck, four to the abdomen and right side, one to the left upper arm, and one to the forehead. Notably, the neck bore a deep slash wound that encircled it, and a right finger was adorned with a brass ring.

 

The body has been sent to Srinagarind Hospital at Khon Kaen University for a full autopsy in hopes of identifying the victim and confirming a cause of death.

 

Investigators confirmed that no missing person reports had been filed in the past week, and there has been no contact from authorities in neighbouring Laos regarding any missing citizens. Police have appealed to the public: if anyone knows of a relative who has gone missing in the last week.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-05-16.

 

 

 

 

I might not be an expert but I think stabbing may be the cause for his death; however, my lovely Thai wife says it's suicide.

2 minutes ago, Andytheburiramman said:

I might not be an expert but I think stabbing may be the cause for his death; however, my lovely Thai wife says it's suicide.

Suicide, case closed.

He probably just went in for a routine dental appointment.  Laos is a <deleted>hole country.