PHUKET: A Swiss woman, 57, was found dead among rocks at a waterfall on Thursday afternoon. She was believed to be raped and Murdered.
Natthapong Seedam, 31, a native of tambon Wichit in Muang district, informed local police after finding the body at about 1.30pm.
Police found the body of a woman, about 164 centimetres tall, lying face down in the water among rocks about one kilometre from the entrance of the Ao Yon waterfall in tambon Wichit. Her body was covered with a black sheet. Her feet emerged above the water.
She wore a pink T-shirt, a jacket and a necklace with a silver-like coin. Police estimated she had died at least three days ago. They also found what appeared to be her passport and name card.
Near the body, police spotted jean shorts and a pantie. Black Nike trainers and a mobile phone were dropped nearby.
Police said the woman had arrived at Phuket airport on July 13 under the Phuket Sandbox reopening scheme, which began on July 1. The project was the government's bid to revive tourism, the lifeline of the southern island province's economy.
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Swiss Woman Found Dead in Phuket
Swiss Woman Found Dead in Phuket
I don't trust children. They're here to replace us.
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This place must have a curse hanging over it. This is the very last type of thing they need happen to re-attract tourists. 
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Surprise surprise
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A Myanmar national? Why am I not surprised?
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Matichon reporting that the suspect in the killing of the Swiss tourist is in fact a 27 year old Thai man who lived nearby. We are still waiting for the police press conference #Thailand #PhuketSandbox
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Matichon reporting that the suspect in the killing of the Swiss tourist is in fact a 27 year old Thai man who lived nearby. We are still waiting for the police press conference #Thailand #PhuketSandbox
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Hope this suspect can at least point to where the body was found ... 
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Wait and see how fast reference to any "Myanmar national" disappears. Surprise, surprise, they actually caught the real culprit.
Arrest made in Phuket murder
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PHUKET: Police have arrested a 27-year-old Thai man who has reportedly confessed to the murder of a Swiss tourist, two days after her body was found at a local waterfall.
The confession followed an intensive interrogation of the man, who had gone to the site to collect wild orchids, Thai media reported.
The body of the 57-year-old Swiss woman was found on Thursday near Ton Ao Yon waterfall in tambon Wichit of Muang district. She was lying face-down in the water among the rocks. Her body was covered with a black sheet.
Police identified the victim as Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf, the deputy protocol chief of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland. She was visiting the island under the “Phuket Sandbox” programme, which is allowing in vaccinated foreign tourists in an effort to help revive a sector decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
National police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk flew to Phuket on Friday with a team of top investigators to oversee the case, the first serious incident to be reported since the Sandbox programme began on July 1.
On Saturday he told reporters that officers had some “good news” and that the case was “all wrapped up”. He is scheduled to hold a news conference at 10am Sunday to give more details.
Given the intense pressure on police to solve the case, online sleuths have been weighing in with speculation that officers would look to grab a scapegoat quickly. Pol Maj Gen Nanthadet Yoinuan, deputy chief of Provincial Police Region 8, said this was not the case, as investigators had obtained firm evidence and the suspect had confessed.
A police source, asking not to be named, said on Saturday that investigators had examined security camera video in areas near the waterfall — there were none at the actual site — and taken some people in for questioning. One of them acted suspiciously and a check found some bruises on his body.
After an intensive interrogation, the man confessed, according to the source. Police searched him and found an ID card that identified him as Teerawat Thothip, 27, of Thalang district in Phuket.
The suspect, known locally as “Bang Lee”, told investigators he spotted the tourist when he went to the waterfall and saw the tourist. He reportedly claimed to have become aroused but when he attempted to act on that impulse, the woman resisted. They fought, and he pressed her head into the water until she died and then he fled, according to the source.
The bruises and wounds on his body occurred during the struggle and from a fall onto some rocks at the waterfall, added the source.
Police on Friday relased the timeline of the victim’s activities since her arrival in Phuket, ending with her 18-minute walk, alone from her hotel near Ao Yon beach to the waterfall, about 1.4 kilometres away, on Tuesday.
Pol Gen Suwat said earlier that surveillance camera footage showed the victim had gone alone to the crime scene, which was a tourist attraction, and there were “traces” in the body. He did not elaborate, pending the release of the official autopsy report.
Arrest made in Phuket murder
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... ket-murder
PHUKET: Police have arrested a 27-year-old Thai man who has reportedly confessed to the murder of a Swiss tourist, two days after her body was found at a local waterfall.
The confession followed an intensive interrogation of the man, who had gone to the site to collect wild orchids, Thai media reported.
The body of the 57-year-old Swiss woman was found on Thursday near Ton Ao Yon waterfall in tambon Wichit of Muang district. She was lying face-down in the water among the rocks. Her body was covered with a black sheet.
Police identified the victim as Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf, the deputy protocol chief of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland. She was visiting the island under the “Phuket Sandbox” programme, which is allowing in vaccinated foreign tourists in an effort to help revive a sector decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
National police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk flew to Phuket on Friday with a team of top investigators to oversee the case, the first serious incident to be reported since the Sandbox programme began on July 1.
On Saturday he told reporters that officers had some “good news” and that the case was “all wrapped up”. He is scheduled to hold a news conference at 10am Sunday to give more details.
Given the intense pressure on police to solve the case, online sleuths have been weighing in with speculation that officers would look to grab a scapegoat quickly. Pol Maj Gen Nanthadet Yoinuan, deputy chief of Provincial Police Region 8, said this was not the case, as investigators had obtained firm evidence and the suspect had confessed.
A police source, asking not to be named, said on Saturday that investigators had examined security camera video in areas near the waterfall — there were none at the actual site — and taken some people in for questioning. One of them acted suspiciously and a check found some bruises on his body.
After an intensive interrogation, the man confessed, according to the source. Police searched him and found an ID card that identified him as Teerawat Thothip, 27, of Thalang district in Phuket.
The suspect, known locally as “Bang Lee”, told investigators he spotted the tourist when he went to the waterfall and saw the tourist. He reportedly claimed to have become aroused but when he attempted to act on that impulse, the woman resisted. They fought, and he pressed her head into the water until she died and then he fled, according to the source.
The bruises and wounds on his body occurred during the struggle and from a fall onto some rocks at the waterfall, added the source.
Police on Friday relased the timeline of the victim’s activities since her arrival in Phuket, ending with her 18-minute walk, alone from her hotel near Ao Yon beach to the waterfall, about 1.4 kilometres away, on Tuesday.
Pol Gen Suwat said earlier that surveillance camera footage showed the victim had gone alone to the crime scene, which was a tourist attraction, and there were “traces” in the body. He did not elaborate, pending the release of the official autopsy report.
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Like at the Spanish Inquisition?After an intensive interrogation, the man confessed
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In Thailand??with a team of top investigators
I hope Prayut noted that she wasn't wearing a bikini. In his logic that would have meant that it was her own fault!He reportedly claimed to have become aroused but when he attempted to act on that impulse, the woman resisted.