Community Son Discovers Mother’s Body After Fall From Apartment Balcony

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

The scene unfolded in the early hours of the morning of 19 June, when a 19-year-old son discovered the lifeless body of his mother after she apparently fell from the fifth floor of their apartment building in Lam Luk Ka district, Pathum Thani.

 

Police Lieutenant Colonel Montri Rattanaphan, deputy inspector at Khu Khot Police Station, received the emergency call at approximately 02:00 and responded to the scene alongside forensic officers from Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital and members of the Ruamkatanyu Foundation.

 

The woman, aged 54 and originally from Bua Yai district in Nakhon Ratchasima province, was found face down in a pool of blood at the rear car park of the building. Her head had suffered a severe impact, and her legs were visibly broken. A gold necklace remained intact around her neck.

 

Initial investigations confirmed that she had fallen from her fifth-floor room. Officers found no signs of struggle or forced entry in the apartment and none of the woman’s belongings appeared to have been stolen.

 

According to the building’s security guard, the deceased’s son returned home to find the apartment empty. Thinking his mother had gone out for dinner, he called her mobile several times without response. After unlocking the apartment with a spare key and confirming she was not inside, he stepped out onto the balcony and was horrified to see a body lying motionless near a car below. The guard was alerted and immediately contacted emergency services.

 

The son later told police that his mother had been battling depression for the past six to seven months and had previously attempted to take her own life by ingesting bathroom cleaner. She had been saved in time on that occasion. She earned a living selling clothes at a local market and lived in the apartment with her youngest son, while her three older children lived separately with their own families.

 

On the evening of her death, the son had visited her at her clothing stall to collect a key card. His mother had asked where he was going and he replied that he was meeting a friend. A female relative who often visited had reportedly left around 22:00.

 

Police are treating the case as a likely suicide but have sent the body to Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital for a formal post-mortem examination to confirm the cause of death.

 

If you or anyone you know is in emotional distress, please contact the Samaritans of Thailand 24-hour hotline: 02 713 6791 (English), 02 713 6793 (Thai) or the Thai Mental Health Hotline at 1323 (Thai). Please also contact your friends or relatives at this time if you have feelings of loneliness, stress or depression. Seek out help.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khoasod 2025-06-20

 

 

 

[Georgealbert]