Thai man’s love turns deadly, murders crush’s stepfather in central Thailand

Police arrested a Thai man for the murder of his crush’s stepfather and a witness to the crime after the deceased’s stepdaughter rejected him at his house in the central province of Kanchanaburi.

The distressing episode came to light when a Thai woman named Mod contacted the authorities at the Lao Kwan Police Station to report a shooting that occurred in the vicinity of her residence. Mod revealed that the alleged murderer, a 36 year old man named Jiradate Thongyim, had shot her husband, 38 year old Sermsak, and another unfortunate victim, 50 year old Boonsong.

Officers rushed to the murder scene and discovered that the two victims died at the scene. Each victim bore three gunshot wounds to the face and body.

Police managed to arrest the Thai man at his house, which was about 3 kilometres away from the murder scene. The gunman was immediately taken to the police station as the deceased’s relatives and family members attempted to lynch him.

Mod revealed to the police that the Thai gunman, Jiradate, had a crush on her 19 year old daughter named Noey but she rejected him.

According to Mod, she and her husband were working in the forest when the murder took place. Jiradate approached her husband to ask where Noey was, but her husband refused to speak to him. Jiradate then banished a gun to threaten Sermsak to speak but he remained silent.

Overwhelmed with anger, Jiradate shot his crush’s stepfather three times before turning to shoot Boonsong who was walking into the scene. Boonsong did not try to get involved or confront Jiradate at all.

Jiradate forced Mod to get on his motorcycle and dropped her off at her house. After Jiradate left, Mod said she rushed back to the scene to check on her husband and reported the incident to police.

Officers questioned Jiradate but stopped the re-enactment at the murder scene for Jiradate’s safety. Officers reported that Jiradate had previously been charged with murder in 2016. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison, but only served five years and was released in 2022.

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