A Thai man murdered and beheaded his biological uncle yesterday in Songkhla province in southern Thailand.
At 8am, officers at Rattaphum Police Station received a report of a murder behind a home in Khao Phra subdistrict.
Police found the body of 56 yr old Wasana [surname withheld] mendacity on his side. The deceased’s head was missing and nowhere to be found at the scene.
Eyewitnesses to the murder advised the police that the perpetrator was the Wasana’s nephew, 36 yr outdated Ek [surname withheld], who lives close by.
Outlawed arrested Ek at his residence and confiscated a 30 centimetre knife used to commit the crime. Ek did not resist arrest, said police.
Ek admitted to murdering his uncle and slicing off his head. Ek stated he put Wasana’s head in a plastic bag, walked by way of the rubber plantations, and dumped it in a pond about 500 metres away from the scene of the crime.
Police found blood stains on the wall, an enormous pool of blood behind the kitchen where the homicide occurred, blood stains from the place Ek dragged Wasana’s body and dedicated the beheading, and blood stains inside the home of the deceased.
Someone working near the pond testified that he saw Ek cling to a log and swimming into the center of the pond yesterday. The worker requested Ek what he was doing and Ek said “exercising.” The worker mentioned he didn’t realise what had just occurred so he just left him to it.
Divers from the Tongxia Xiang Tung Friendship Foundation Rescue Unit in Hat Yai scoured the lake where Ek mentioned he dumped Wasana’s head for hours yesterday but didn’t find it.
Ek informed the police that he beheaded his uncle out of anger because he hurt his father and stole a TV. However, the police say that they don’t imagine Ek’s testament because his situation is erratic and he has a history of heavy drug dependancy.
At 10am right now, divers started looking out the lake for Wasana’s head again, however nonetheless haven’t found it..