52 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

I don't believe for a minute her family didn't know what she was up to or why she was in Pattaya.

That does not excuse in any way the dreadful ending of a life.

A great deal of speculation regarding this person's IQ level who committed murder.

Was she attempting blackmail due to her age? Or was he trying to be a sleazebag and short change her?

We will never know what we do know, is it wasn't worth 25 years in jail or whatever for a few hundred baht.

Look at that guy...the way he was walking and the fact that he picked up such a very young looking girl. No excuse for what he did. There is a vid of him speaking to the family and anyone with brains can see that he is boderline retarded and have the serial killer look. They should investigate his background in Australia.

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

No mention of the body being dismembered that I have seen.

What I like about this forum is the hyperphantasia or vivid imagination of some of the members here. We have a story of a 17 year old girl murdered by an Australian and her body found in a suitcase.Then we are advised by jacko that her body had been dismembered. Next thing the body has been cooked and the murderer will have eaten most of it. Give me a break can we just stick to the facts please !!

52 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

Again, you speak without knowledge.

Nothing or very little will happen to him at the hands of other inmates, this isn't Australia or the UK or USA.

That is not how Thai prisons work or operate.

Thai prisoners are more interested in if he has money to gamble, buy drugs, etc.

The overwhelming majority or not interested in his crime, they will already know from Thai TV which is in all the cells, they aren't in there for being choirboys!

From a source who has been in the Bkk Hilton, he has seen gang members with HIV seek out Farangs who hurt Thai women. Those men are Graped. Repeatedly. So, do not tell me what I know already. You have no clue. You never spent time in prison. You keep thinking that they like Farangs.

59 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

Complete guesswork, and if he's as slow as they say he has, I doubt he had the wherewithal to put together an application for a DTV visa.

So why not wait for the facts instead of presuming he had a DTV or any other visa.

He's not going to have a WP, is he? Student visa, doubtful at 46 years old and ' slow ' That wouldn't ring true.

They say he was on disability money from Australia, and he was usually heavily medicated with an assortment of pills due to a previous industrial accident.

Well it's not marriage, it's not dependent, it's not retirement and it's not for work...the only 2 options left are DTV or student....take ya pick...or overstayer..I just think people should be more scrutinized about their history, simple police check and drug clearance before entering..not rocket science

1 hour ago, jippytum said:

To kill someone in a rage is one thing. To dismember a body after killing someone indicates a special breed of killer. Thankfully now out of circulation.

The teenage girl whatever her story did not deserve to die at the hands of a phycopath.

Absolutely. The guy is a Psycho.

1 hour ago, Taboo2 said:

Excuse me, are you under a ROCK? My God, the vids are out there of that poor girl in the suitcase chopped up. Ok!!!

The body was not chopped up and was in one piece, folded into the suitcase.

How do I know, because I was invited to watch the live feed, from the responders, of the suitcase recovery and the body being removed from the suitcase and identified from her tattoos.

41 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Does it really matter if she was cut up or not? That a human being was stuffed into a suitcase like so much garbage has him as a very disturbed creature that has no place in society. Not worth arguing over.

Indeed- a clear case of lock up this awful person and throw away the key

2 hours ago, jippytum said:

To kill someone in a rage is one thing. To dismember a body after killing someone indicates a special breed of killer. Thankfully now out of circulation.

The teenage girl whatever her story did not deserve to die at the hands of a phycopath.

Where did it say he Dismembered her body...please post a link

23 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

From a source who has been in the Bkk Hilton, he has seen gang members with HIV seek out Farangs who hurt Thai women. Those men are Graped. Repeatedly. So, do not tell me what I know already. You have no clue. You never spent time in prison. You keep thinking that they like Farangs.

Never heard that story before...

What in the world would cause you to kill a 17 year old girl?

Just at a loss here........RIP

21 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Hopefully the Aussie murderer can scrape together some money to pay the parents, it's likely they were relying on the daughters income

I think if the family is looking for any compensation, they are going to have to look somewhere else.

The phrase "You can't get blood out of a turnip" dates to the 17th century

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Yes.

He is NOT normal.

Saw a news report with him speaking to reporters. IMO he sure seemed a few snags short of a barbie.

1 hour ago, riverhigh said:

"During recorded police interviews, he expressed sympathy to Tunchanok’s family, saying: “I feel bad for what happened to your daughter. It was out of my control.” When asked directly if he had killed the teenager, he replied: “No.” He also claimed scratches and bruises on his body were caused by spiders at his condominium."

Absolute nonsense. Arogant, he thinks everbody is stupid. No remorse whatsoever. I agree 1,000 % with mother that he should receive the death penalty.

Did they find giant spiders...

I have not seen to many spiders leave claw marks on some ones body....

48 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

From a source who has been in the Bkk Hilton, he has seen gang members with HIV seek out Farangs who hurt Thai women. Those men are Graped. Repeatedly. So, do not tell me what I know already. You have no clue. You never spent time in prison. You keep thinking that they like Farangs.

48 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

From a source who has been in the Bkk Hilton, he has seen gang members with HIV seek out Farangs who hurt Thai women. Those men are Graped. Repeatedly. So, do not tell me what I know already. You have no clue. You never spent time in prison. You keep thinking that they like Farangs.

48 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

From a source who has been in the Bkk Hilton, he has seen gang members with HIV seek out Farangs who hurt Thai women. Those men are Graped. Repeatedly. So, do not tell me what I know already. You have no clue. You never spent time in prison. You keep thinking that they like Farangs.

The main thing he has to worry about is to make sure that he doesn't drop the soap in the shower.

16 minutes ago, JerryM said:

I think if the family is looking for any compensation, they are going to have to look somewhere else.

The phrase "You can't get blood out of a turnip" dates to the 17th century

They really need to get the money out of him as part of the court case before the beatings start

46 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

From a source who has been in the Bkk Hilton, he has seen gang members with HIV seek out Farangs who hurt Thai women. Those men are Graped. Repeatedly. So, do not tell me what I know already. You have no clue. You never spent time in prison. You keep thinking that they like Farangs.

Absolute nonsense on every word you have written.

You know nothing except how to operate a keyboard, and I know far more about Thai prisons than nearly every member on this board, matey.

And, that includes first-hand experience, so don't tell me anything.

Furthermore, I speak the language, do you?

And your additional nonsense' from a source who has been in the Bangkok Hilton' give me a break, you watch too much YouTube!

And locally, Bang Kwang isn't known as the Bangkok Hilton, it's known as The Big Tiger.

You are speaking to a source that's been in Klong Prem and had plenty of contact with prisoners from Bang Kwang!

So, in summary, your post is garbage and your knowledge is non-existent.

5 minutes ago, wavodavo said:

The main thing he has to worry about is to make sure that he doesn't drop the soap in the shower.

Speaking from experience there

3 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

They really need to get the money out of him as part of the court case before the beatings start

He's doing odd jobs in Pattaya and bartering with prostitutes to get them down from 1,000 baht to 500 baht, and you think he's got money to pay compensation?

Good luck with that!, even in Australia he was living on site at his workplace, he hasn't two pennies to rub together.

1 hour ago, Taboo2 said:

Excuse me, are you under a ROCK? My God, the vids are out there of that poor girl in the suitcase chopped up. Ok!!!

Your eyes myst be better than mine. I can't see what's inside the huge suitcase he has strapped to his bike.

22 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Hopefully the Aussie murderer can scrape together some money to pay the parents, it's likely they were relying on the daughters income

The father was interviewed, saying that she helped him out. This is the part of Thai society that pisses me off to no end. Parents who don't do squat for their kids but expect the kids to help them. You let your 17 yr old daughter go to Pattaya alone. Who does that?

6 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

He's doing odd jobs in Pattaya and bartering with prostitutes to get them down from 1,000 baht to 500 baht, and you think he's got money to pay compensation?

Good luck with that!, even in Australia he was living on site at his workplace, he hasn't two pennies to rub together.

Probably has a pension he no longer needs or parent's can pay up

3 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Probably has a pension he no longer needs or parent's can pay up

He gets disability pension. Parasite.

1 hour ago, Taboo2 said:

Excuse me, are you under a ROCK? My God, the vids are out there of that poor girl in the suitcase chopped up. Ok!!!

haven't seen any of those videos. However, the ONLY way he was going to fit her in a suitcase that size was to chop her up.

I don't believe the self defense story. If it was legit self defense he would have called the cops, not put her in a suitcase and then do a runner.

Now here's the point that nobody has addressed yet. How did the cops know where to find the suitcase AND then know he was at swampy trying to leave the country? Somebody must have seen him ditch the suitcase and called the cops, but that still doesn't explain how they knew to go to swampy to arrest him.

10 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

He's doing odd jobs in Pattaya and bartering with prostitutes to get them down from 1,000 baht to 500 baht, and you think he's got money to pay compensation?

Good luck with that!, even in Australia he was living on site at his workplace, he hasn't two pennies to rub together.

He wears the same clothes 3 days in a row. Bargains over 500 baht. I doubt he would have much.

2 minutes ago, TigerandDog said:

haven't seen any of those videos. However, the ONLY way he was going to fit her in a suitcase that size was to chop her up.

I don't believe the self defense story. If it was legit self defense he would have called the cops, not put her in a suitcase and then do a runner.

Now here's the point that nobody has addressed yet. How did the cops know where to find the suitcase AND then know he was at swampy trying to leave the country? Somebody must have seen him ditch the suitcase and called the cops, but that still doesn't explain how they knew to go to swampy to arrest him.

The body was intact. She is small, bag is large.

3 minutes ago, TigerandDog said:

Now here's the point that nobody has addressed yet. How did the cops know where to find the suitcase AND then know he was at swampy trying to leave the country? Somebody must have seen him ditch the suitcase and called the cops, but that still doesn't explain how they knew to go to swampy to arrest him.

They used cameras to follow him. They isolated an area to look for bag. He checked out of room. Airlines collect passenger details.

Checking flight records for a farang after murder is the obvious place to look first.

Lucky you are not a cop. Never solve a single crime.

3 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

The body was intact. She is small, bag is large.

the bag was only medium size. No way a fully intact body fits in it.

3 minutes ago, TigerandDog said:

the bag was only medium size. No way a fully intact body fits in it.

Bag is large. Already confirmed on here by George it was intact. 40kg girl.

You need to read the details.

With no money he is screwed, obviously. So, life in prison or death penalty? But, I think the Australian government would be strongly opposed to a death penalty judgement and would diplomatically “encourage “ the Thai government to nullify that option. That may be difficult though given the apparent nature of the crime, the age of the victim and all the publicity surrounding it.

If I had to guess the outcome - guilty of murder, sentenced to death but eventually the King grants clemency and Mr Carman spends the rest of his pathetic existence behind bars in (hopefully) Thailand.

2 hours ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

the rest of his life in prison at best?

No at best put to death if convicted.