Police have launched manhunt looking for three women who murdered and
dismembered a 22-year-old woman, Warissara “Amm” Klinjui in Thailand on
May 23.
The three suspects, Priyanuch Nongwangchai, 24, Kawita Rachada, 25, and
Apiwan Satayabundit, 28, are wanted on suspicion of killing of the
young woman in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen. It’s alleged they
lured her into a car, strangled her to death and then sawed her body in
half as part of a revenge plot. Her remains were found buried May 25 in
two large buckets.
Police in Chiang Rai province earlier said three women matching their
descriptions were found in the the border town of Tachileik, Myanmar, on Thursday.
Chiang Rai Maj. Gen. Yanyoong Vej-osot said at about noon they had learned from Myanmar authorities it wasn’t them and the women remained on the run.
As police hunted for the three suspects, they led a fourth suspect
already in their custody through “re-enacting” the grisly crime today.
Wasin Namphrom, 22, (pictured with the police) showed police the spot in
Khon Kaen province where she and the other suspects allegedly buried
Warissara
After luring Warissara into a rented car, Wasin said Preeyanuch was the
only one to assault her – and ultimately, strangle her to death in the
vehicle.
The four drove to rent a room at a resort in Khon Kaen city, stopping
along the way to buy supplies, including plastic bags and a saw. That’s
where Preeyanuch sawed the body in half, placing each half into two
large plastic buckets. They later drove to bury the buckets in Khao Suan
Kwang district, approximately 60 kilometers away.
Top official with the Narcotics Control Board said on Friday that the lead suspect, Preeyanuch “Preaw” Nonwangchai, had a record of drug-related crimes.
Sirinya Sidhichai said Preeyanuch worked for one of the biggest drug
dealers in Tachileik and arranged sales back in Thailand to her friends.
Preeyanuch was believed to have fled to Myanmar with the other two
fugitive suspects, Apiwan Sattayabundit and Kawita Ratchada.
Wasin Namphrom told police that the four of them planned to assault
Warissara because they believed she had given information to police that
led to one of their boyfriends being arrested on drug-related charges.
Wasin’s girlfriend Jidarat Phromkhun is also in police custody. She has denied being present during the crime.
Preeyanuch’s sister told police she called her Monday night and confessed to killing Warissara only after her victim threatened her with death if they left her alive.
"She said she and her friends only planned to lure her somewhere to assault her in revenge,” Prapasiri, 34, said, recounting a Monday night phone call in which her sister allegedly described the murder. “But then the woman said, ‘If I survive, then you die,’ so she became enraged."
Meanwhile, Myanmar police have told their Thai counterparts they know the whereabouts of three Thai women.
A police source said on Thursday
the Myanmar authorities also have the description of a local man seen
assisting the women after they crossed the border to escape arrest.
The group is supposedly living in Tachilek, close to the border opposite
Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district. They entered Myanmar on May 25, so their
visas would have already expired on Thursday.
Myanmar authorities told Pol Colonel Ekkorn Bussababordin, commander of
the Chiang Rai Immigration Police, they already knew the women’s
location and would arrest them.
They said a man was seen picking them up from a dormitory residence near
their new workplace, an entertainment venue in Tachilek.
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