8-year-old girl goes missing after Patong beach swim

Have you seen me? If so, please call my auntie at once

PHUKET: Suthathip Sutcharit, 8, a student at Darasamuth Phuket School was reported missing by her relatives this afternoon after she did not return home from swimming at Patong Beach.

The young girl had reportedly left her home at around noon today and her family began to worry by the evening time when she still hadn't returned.

Should anyone know her whereabouts or could provide any leads, please contact the young girl's aunt, Ms Rattanasomphot Sucharit on 090-0658115, as well as 094-803-7178.

Credit: Pirachai S.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/8-year-old-girl-goes-missing-after-patong-beach-swim-49219.php

-- Phuket News 2014-10-18

Isn't Patong beach a busy beach?

Wouldn't someone spot her if she was in trouble in the water?

Who was she there with?? Please don't tell me an 8 year-old was allowed to go for a swim on Patong beach alone.

Doesn't matter if she was alone or with Michael Phelps, beating a rip tide is another matter all together.

Who was she there with?? Please don't tell me an 8 year-old was allowed to go for a swim on Patong beach alone.

Yes, that's what I am thinking. Must be more to be told in this news report. 8 year old leaves her home, walk to Patong beach, and go for a swim in the sea. Leaves at noon, and parents start to worry by evening time. Something very wrong here.

Isn't Patong beach a busy beach?

Wouldn't someone spot her if she was in trouble in the water?

You are assuming she made it to the beach, and are assuming the "Patong Beach swim" is a true story.

I would be looking into the parents "story" a little more.

Who was she there with?? Please don't tell me an 8 year-old was allowed to go for a swim on Patong beach alone.

Yes, that's what I am thinking. Must be more to be told in this news report. 8 year old leaves her home, walk to Patong beach, and go for a swim in the sea. Leaves at noon, and parents start to worry by evening time. Something very wrong here.

In general terms speaking in Thailand....... NO THERE ISN'T 'something very wrong here'

That's why 18.000 children go missing every year in Thailand (source mirror foundation Chiang rai)

How can any-one (note relatives and not parent) in their right mind leave an 8 year unsupervised and only be concerned may hours later. Poor kid. I really hope she is fine.

Plenty of dangerous sharks around there, also some in the water.Hope she turns up safe.

If they can take a small baby on a Scooter, it's possible to let an 8 year old go swimming...

I do hope she is ok..... ,

Where was her guardian?

Whens Thailand gonna get a paid surf lifesaver team?

Australia will help train you, just ask!

Who was she there with?? Please don't tell me an 8 year-old was allowed to go for a swim on Patong beach alone.

Yes, that's what I am thinking. Must be more to be told in this news report. 8 year old leaves her home, walk to Patong beach, and go for a swim in the sea. Leaves at noon, and parents start to worry by evening time. Something very wrong here.

In general terms speaking in Thailand....... NO THERE ISN'T 'something very wrong here'

That's why 18.000 children go missing every year in Thailand (source mirror foundation Chiang rai)

how factual are these rather amazing figures?

Nobody lets there 8 year old go to the beach alone and I don't know of an 8 year old that would want to. With friends

and family yes. By herself? More to this story.

Please let her be found safe.

God hope your watching over her cause her family is idiots for allowing her to go alone. Is this <removed> Thainess?

I wouldn't let an eight year old out of my sight for a minute in Thailand. The parents were either incredibly irresponsible, or there's something fishy about their story.

There is definitely a lot more to this story.

Isn't that school catering to parents with more income than the average household i.e. tending towards middle class? Perhaps someone local can confirm or refute this.

Isn't Patong beach a busy beach?

Wouldn't someone spot her if she was in trouble in the water?

You are assuming she made it to the beach, and are assuming the "Patong Beach swim" is a true story.

I would be looking into the parents "story" a little more.

Of course, you would.

NamKangMan, your posts seem to have assembled a group of antagonists. Don't lose heart in the face of their opposition. I applaud your style which brooks none of the nonsense put out by the incompetent local press and untrustworthy local police. More of the same please.

This should be shared on everyones FB page.....

Where was her guardian?

Whens Thailand gonna get a paid surf lifesaver team?

Australia will help train you, just ask!

Patong Beach does have lifesavers and they have been trained by Surf Lifesaving Australia

There has to be more to the story. Who would let an eight year old go down to the beach for a swim by herself? Just asked my daughter 7 who goes to the same school if she knows her and where she may have gone. She said she does and she wouldn't go to the beach by herself. Trying to call her other friends as we speak.

Please be okay.

My 8yo isn't allowed out of our mooban

Isn't Patong beach a busy beach?

Wouldn't someone spot her if she was in trouble in the water?

You are assuming she made it to the beach, and are assuming the "Patong Beach swim" is a true story.

I would be looking into the parents "story" a little more.

Of course, you would.

The majority of murders are committed by someone known to the victim.

If you don't believe me, check it out yourself.

At this stage, with the limited information available, for me, the parents are suspects.

NamKangMan, your posts seem to have assembled a group of antagonists. Don't lose heart in the face of their opposition. I applaud your style which brooks none of the nonsense put out by the incompetent local press and untrustworthy local police. More of the same please.

Only time will tell. I hope this young girl is found safe and well.

For those who put the parents above suspicion - well, there are many sick buffalos in Issan as well.

EVERYONE is a suspect in a case like this - even Uncle Somchai.

Oh my God DO save her, and DO give to her relatives some purport to their silly dark heads, Please.

Go easy on the parents. Don't point fingers at them since we still don't know anything yet. When I was 8 (I was living Japan), I usually didn't tell my parents where I would go. I sometimes lied about where I was planning to go because I knew they would forbid me.

I hope she is safe and reunite with her family very soon.

Dont they teach the children to swim with friends. Not alone.

It appears that some Thai parents still harbour a strange notion of age vs responsibility. Seemingly she wasn't under the adult supervision that she should have been.