Chilling Message From Australian Monster: ‘It Was Out Of My Control’ — 17-Year-Old Thai Girl Brutally M.u.r.de.r..e.d, Body Stuffed In Suitcase As He Tried To Flee To Perth
The family of a 17-year-old Thai girl whose body was found inside a suitcase in Pattaya said they were devastated by her death after an Australian man was arrested and charged with her murder.
Thai police said they arrested an Australian man in his 40s at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport early Saturday in connection with the killing in Pattaya, about 150 km (93 miles) east of Bangkok.
The suspect, identified as Simon Peter Carman, faces charges of murder, concealing a body, moving or destroying a body, and taking a minor for sexual purposes. Police said they reviewed CCTV footage showing Carman entering a condominium with the teenage girl before leaving alone several hours later carrying a suitcase.
According to a statement posted on the official police Facebook page, Carman loaded the suitcase onto a motorcycle and rode to a grassy area near a railway line. Investigators later obtained an arrest warrant and apprehended him at the airport as he was preparing to board a flight back to Australia.
While in an interrogation room at the police station, Carman addressed the victim’s family before being transferred to the Pattaya Provincial Court.
“I feel bad for what happened to your daughter. It was out of my control,” he said.
The victim’s father, Thongchai Donhomla, 46, said he was struggling to cope with the loss.
“I am deeply saddened. My daughter had no mother, so whenever she wanted anything, she would find a way to get it herself, and she always helped me too,” he said.
Her stepmother, Oradee Bussarakum, said she wanted the suspect to receive the harshest possible punishment.
“I told the police I want him executed. As a (step)mother, I don’t know what else to say… I just want him to face the full consequences,” she said.
Police have not yet announced when Carman will make his first court appearance.
