More details emerge on pregnant Thai woman found dead in pond

UPDATE

More details are emerging on the Thai pregnant woman who was found dead in a pond in the eastern Rayong province on Tuesday.

Police revealed that the woman, 19 year old Kritsana’s panties were missing. They also found that the grey trousers she was wearing were on backwards, and she was wearing a yellow shirt. Investigators also found a pair of shoes next to her body and a green rope was tied around her neck, which caused bruising. Police initially suspected that she had been raped and murdered.

Investigators believe Kritsana has been dead for three days but her husband said that he had video chatted with her the day before she was found dead.

Kritsana’s husband, 22 year old Peerapong, told police that his wife sometimes stayed over at a friend’s house, and she had planned to return to his mother’s house, where they both lived, the next day.

Peerapong said that Kritsana used to work at a karaoke bar, but she had given up that lifestyle when she married him two years ago. He said she appeared happy, and there was no sign she was involved in any trouble.

But Peerapong told investigators that it had been made known to him that, on the morning of the day she was found dead, an unknown Cambodian man had picked Kritsana up early in the morning.

Police are continuing to investigate.

ORIGINAL STORY

A young pregnant Thai woman was found dead in a pond in Thailand’s eastern Rayong province on Tuesday. Early reports reveal that she might have been strangled. In an initial examination, Klaeng district police found that the woman, 19 year old Kritsana, had wounds on her lips and neck as well as traces of being strangled.

Kritsana had been living with her husband in a rented house about 3 kilometres away from where she was found. Kritsana’s husband told police during questioning that his wife was five months pregnant.

The husband, 22 year old Peerapong, said that he had travelled to work in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, and returned home at about 5am. Peerapong said that Kritsana was expected to leave the house to meet someone around 8pm. Peerapong said the last time he contacted Kritsana was via a video call on the night before the incident.

Peerapong added that he and Kritsana rarely stayed together because of work. He also noted that she was a pliable person and often deceived by others.

Police are continuing to investigate the incident with a forensic team. They are also checking CCTV footage and questioning witnesses. The Pattaya News reported that police appeared to verify that Peerapong was not in Rayong at the time of the incident.

SOURCE: Thai Examiner | The Pattaya News