American Resident Drowns in Mae Ping

CMM reporters

A 40 year old American resident of Chiang Mai, Michael Snyder, drowned in the Mae Ping River at the Old Nawarat Bridge near Duke’s Restaurant early morning on Saturday, November 7. Pol. Col. Witsit Suesri, an inspector at Mae Ping Police Station, reported when police arrived at the scene they found Panrueng Suttidachanant, the 30 year old wife of the deceased, sobbing that her husband had drowned.

She told police that they had only recently married in April and had been running a restaurant called Veggie Corner, located on Ratchadamnoen Road. She explained that her husband had gone out on the morning of the 6th and hadn’t returned home. When she went to look for him, she found him playing snooker. They argued when she asked him to return to help her with the business so she returned to the restaurant alone.

She told police that when her husband came to pick her up at closing time, they argued again. Stopping at the bridge on the way home, she said he got up on the railing and told her he would jump in to prove his love to her. She asked him to come down and talk but he jumped into the river and consequently drowned. Police arrived on the scene at 1:50 a.m., shortly after he drowned.

Louise Snyder, mother of the deceased, released this statement to the Chiang Mai Mail: “What can we say on the loss of someone so dear to me and his entire family, all his friends, Micheal we will miss you forever!! no words can say how we feel, but know that we are praying to you to help us get through this time of tremendous sorrow, our hearts are so heavy, we love you and will forever think of you. You may not be with us in body but you are with us in spirit and will always be in our hearts!

He is gone from what we know as our world

Now but a memory to treasure in our hearts & mind”

-- Chiang Mai Mail 2009/11/17

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That's really sad, but honestly, the story sounds a little fishy.