Drug addicted Thai woman beats mother to death with broom
A drug addicted Thai woman beat her mother to death with a broom in their home in the central province of Ang Thong.
On December 6, Kanita Thongdee, a 49 year old woman, made a distressing discovery when she observed that her 72 year old mother, Pinthong Thongdee, had not completed her usual daily chores. Concerned, Kanita went to check on her mother, only to find her dead body inside the house.
As reported by ThaiRath, Pinthong was attired in a red sleeveless shirt and a red sarong, lying motionless on her bed. Her face bore severe injuries, and there were visible bruises across her body. Near her body was a broom with blood on it.
Kanita harboured suspicions that her older sister, 52 year old Sunantha Pinthong, who resided with their mother, might be involved, given her absence at the time of the tragic discovery.
Kanita revealed that Sunantha and her mother fought almost every day because her sister was a drug addict. She believed Sunantha committed the murder under the influence of drugs and urged officers at Si Bua Thong Police Station to search for her older sister.
Police found Sunantha and her motorcycle about 1 kilometre from the house. She denied killing her mother and gave confusing information. Officers searched her and found three methamphetamine tablets on her, also known as Yaba.
Sunantha was taken to the police station for further questioning about how she had obtained the Yaba and who the dealer was. Sunanthan was initially charged with the murder of a parent, which carries the death penalty under Section 289 of the Criminal Law.
In related news, and in the wake of several reports of murders committed by drug addicts, another Thai mother, who suffered a series of physical assaults from her drug addicted son, did not want to be the next victim and decided to hire a gunman to kill her son.
She later turned herself into the police and confessed to all the murders. Her older brother and the gunman who participated in the murder also turned themselves in.
