Senior Pattaya Police Officers and a rescue foundation unit converged on the Pachawan Place Apartments in North Pattaya after reports of a female body being found and the possibility that a murder may have been committed.
At the scene they found the body of Khun Achara aged 28. It appeared that she had been strangled and was also smothered by pillows, bedding and was covered with a floor mat. A police forensic expert determined that she had been dead for about 5-6 hours.
There were no wounds on the body apart from some bruising on the chin. The TV and air-conditioner were turned on and no signs of a struggle in the room
The body had been found by Khun Pacharagiti aged 34 who was a friend of the victim’s Brother.
Mr.Patcharakitti Siteur said that Khun Sarayuth who was Khun Atchara’s brother called him and asked him to check on his sister because he had called her but couldn’t get in touch her. He then went to her room, knocked on the door but there was no reply so he decided to open the door where he found her dead.
Further investigations revealed that the deceased who normally lives in Phayao Province with her bay daughter was visiting Pattaya to see her estranged husband Khun Adun, a Pattaya Tour Guide. It is thought that an argument had taken place with the result that Khun Adul had murdered his wife.
It is also thought that Khun Adul had sent a message to his mother in Nakhon Ratchasima confessing to the murder. Police have named Khun Adul as the prime suspect in this murder case and are searching for him in Pattaya and up-country.
