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Man arrested after dead 17-year-old girl found in suitcase
New York Post • • world
Key Points:
- A 46-year-old Australian man from Ballarat, Victoria, was arrested in Bangkok for the murder of 17-year-old Thai girl Tunchanok Donhomla, whose body was found naked inside a suitcase near a railway line in Pattaya.
- CCTV footage shows the man and the teenager entering a hotel room together early Thursday morning, with signs of a struggle inside and no one else entering the room.
- The man was seen leaving the hotel later that night carrying a black suitcase, which was later found to contain Donhomla’s body with severe facial injuries and bruising.
- The suspect has been charged with taking a minor for an indecent act but denies killing the girl, claiming he was asleep and unaware when she disappeared from the room; he has visible scratch marks consistent with a struggle.
- Thai authorities are investigating the case as a murder, which can carry the death penalty or life imprisonment in Thailand, while the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade has been contacted for comment.
