Chonburi Police Major General Kachaa announced the arrest of a Khun Suthon aged 44 who is accused of murdering his wife and dumping her body in Tambon Nong Kaeo Ban Bung, Chonburi.
Khun Suthon has confessed to the crime and described the events that led up to him killing his wife of 20 years and mother to his three children.
Khun Suthon said that their marriage had been on the rocks for a long time and that his wife Khun Kanchana had addictions to drugs and alcohol. He had tried numerous times at reconciling their marriage but all to no avail.
On the day of the murder he had hired a pick-up truck and gone fishing in Chachoengsao. He was driving back and stopped at his daughters home when his wife turned up. An argument ensued and he lost it kicking and punching her before stabbing her three times with a knife.
He had then dumped her body and gone into hiding at a relatives home in Chachoengsao. He added that he loved his children and had confesed to the murder after neighbours had threatened to lynch him.
