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Simon Peter Carman, 45, has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla in Pattaya, Thailand, where her body was allegedly discovered in a suitcase. Authorities are investigating potential links between her murder and three other bodies found in suitcases in the area.
Authorities have confirmed that Simon Peter Carman is facing murder charges stemming from the death of Tunchanok Donhomla, who went missing after June 25 and was later found in a suitcase. Detectives are investigating potential connections between this case and at least three previous bodies discovered in suitcases over the past year.
Local authorities are investigating potential connections between the murder of Tunchanok Donhomla and three previously discovered bodies in suitcases. As part of ongoing inquiries, police are scrutinising CCTV footage of Simon Peter Carman, who is facing murder charges and allegedly attempted to flee the country.
What remains unclear — It is unknown whether any forensic evidence links Simon Peter Carman to the three unidentified women’s bodies found in suitcases.
Three women found dead in suitcases may be linked to murder of Thai teenager
Detectives are investigating possible links between the murder of a Thai teenager and three other bodies found inside suitcases.
Simon Peter Carman is accused of killing Tunchanok Donhomla, 17, and stuffing her body in a suitcase in the resort city of Pattaya last week.
The 45-year-old man faces murder charges after he was arrested trying to flee to Australia.
Ms Tunchanok went missing after June 25, allegedly having been picked up by Carman, who Thai police claim strangled her after a row over payment for her time with him.
Tunchanok Donhomla, originally from northeast Thailand, was nicknamed ‘Cake’ by her friends (Picture: Pattaya police)
She was allegedly murdered inside an unkempt hotel room before her remains were stuffed inside the suitcase that was found abandoned near railway tracks around 10 minutes from the hotel Carman was staying at.
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CCTV footage allegedly shows Carman pulling a black suitcase from the apartment he was staying at.
It has now emerged that suitcases containing the bodies of three unidentified women were discovered in the area last year.
Simon Peter Carman has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Ms Tunchanok (Picture: TPBS via AP)
The latest luggage, a blue suitcase locked with a chain, was found in September last year.
The victim had been stuffed in the suitcase with gym weights in an apparent attempt to sink it in the reservoir.
Some months before, a fisherman’s hook was caught on a floating suitcase in Rayong, around 43 minutes outside Pattaya.
Police inspect one of the suitcases pulled from the Klong Bang Phai Reservoir near Pattaya (Picture: Asia Pacific Press via ViralPres)
Detectives found the body of a naked woman, believed to be in her 30s, curled up inside with weights. She is thought to have been dead for at least five days.
In January last year, a red suitcase with the remains of a woman inside was found near a major road.
The victim, a woman believed to be in her 30s, was naked and accompanied by dumbbells, News.com.au reports.
There is no evidence linking Carman to the deaths, but detectives are investigating due to the similarities.
The alarm over Ms Tunchanok’s disappearance was raised by her friends, who were searching for the teen, whose nickname was ‘Cake.’
Her friends and family have paid tribute to the young woman, who hailed from Kalasin, northeast Thailand.
Her dad told Viral Press: ‘She didn’t have a lot of money, but she bought me a cake.’
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