jasmine Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 CHAT-ROOM TRAGEDY - from Nation Pakistani national held over brutal slaying of female teacher A first encounter after chats on the Web leads to horrible murder; suspect said to have confessed during questioning A tentative meeting with a new friend met through an Internet chat service, was apparently what led to English teacher Dissanee Thongnarkthae's murder. Hua Mak Police on Monday night arrested a Pakistani man suspected of killing the Thai woman and dismembering her. Maj-General Witthaya Kosiyasathit, chief of Metropolitan Police Division 4 who is supervising the case, quoted Mohammad Arif as saying he had killed the victim in a fit of rage after she was rude to him about using someone else's picture during the Internet chat, and lying about his nationality. According to Arif's confession, Dissanee had demanded that he pay for her air ticket home. "She turned angry when he refused to give her the money, an argument ensued, and the man killed her," said the officer quoting Arif's confession. The officers said that Arif, now in police custody, initially protested his innocence, despite significant evidence found in his hotel room, including Dissanee's ID card and a large amount of blood. Major Somphob Lekklang, an investigating officer from Hua Mak station, said Arif then gave conflicting information, by confessing to killing the victim, after joint questioning by Pakistani embassy staff and police investigators, then later retracting his account. Forensic tests are underway to determine whether the blood found on the premises matches the deceased, whose head, arms and right leg were later found near a petrol station close to the Ratchadaphisek-Lat Phrao intersection. The victim's torso, cut into two halves, was found dumped off Soi Ramkhamhaeng 24 on Monday night. Acting on a tip-off from a taxi driver, police obtained a search warrant and entered a room at Racha Palace Hotel on Soi Ratchadaphisek 14 where they found Arif, along with evidence including blood in the bathroom and on the carpet of the room, and women's shoes and clothing. Other items found in the room included a butcher's knife and two chopping knives, a toy pistol and a travel bag with bar-coded tags attached that matched the barcodes on the two travel bags found containing the body parts. Police said Arif had admitted that the items belonged to Dissanee, whom he claimed that he had sex with the night before, but that she had later disappeared. The police officer said that Arif said he had met Dissanee at an online chat site about a month ago, and that she had travelled to Bangkok on Sunday to meet him at a coffee shop. Police later escorted the suspect to his room at an apartment building in Soi Lat Phrao 23 where they found a pair of jeans soaked with blood. The Criminal Court approved the arrest warrant and granted custodian authority to Hua Mak police after receiving the initial evidence report. Witthaya said he believed the police had been lucky, because the unnamed taxi driver who had earlier collected Arif from the hotel, tuned into the Jor Sor 100 traffic radio shortly after the body parts were discovered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffHello Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 he must have used Brad Pitts photo to snare the poor gal . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 hi jasmine, i posted this elsewhere after the mrs showed me earlier, grim web page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuytrede Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 on TV the torso of the victim was described as the torso of a farang... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Quote: "Other items found in the room included a [color:"red"]butcher's knife and two chopping knives,[color:"black"] a toy pistol and a travel bag with bar-coded tags attached that matched the barcodes on the two travel bags found containing the body parts." It sounds like this guy really meant business. Wonder if he has ever done this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 What baffles me is how the hell he got her to his room if she saw that his picture on the net was not him, and that he was a Paki instead of who he had represented himself as on the net. Did she go direct to his hotel room to meet him? That doesn't sound right. Most Thai women, except for hookers, are very reluctant to go to a man's hotel without some chaperone back-up. She was Thai right? The name is Thai. The whole thing sounds pretty strange. And yeah, a toy gun? Butchers knives and choppers! WTF? Cent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 I'd say this was probably premeditated on his part... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Are you inferring that the evidence meaning weapons is how you draw your conclusion? One would have to show he anticipated rejection when she found out he was a phony and thus he planned to kill her... What i think one has here is an unstable guy mentally if he had to create a person and photo that was not him. Think we have a self-confidence issue here? Obvisously he has a low opinion of his image and self for him to cretae this imaginary person. Yet, what did he expect her reation to be? And compounded by how thai women (stereotyping now) feel towards indian/middle east men in general. Was it his goal that he was going to convince her to like him? fat chance given all what we know in this case... This is made for TV/american movie and the profits sould go to her family at least.... And to think i am going to meet a girl off the net tomorrow. The red flags are out? The photos are of a fox; just hoping it is her now and she says who is really is.... Oh God, high risk behavior in Chiang Mai... CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Cent's quote: [color:"red"]"What baffles me is how the hell he got her to his room if she saw that his picture on the net was not him" [color:"black"] He used the toy gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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