Thai keyboard player’s final note: Musician found dead days after disappearance

A 30 year old Thai keyboard player was found dead in a roadside ditch in the Nong Ki district, Buriram province, alongside his black PCX motorcycle, six to seven days after he disappeared. His body was discovered today, following a report by his relatives who had reported him missing on November 4.

The musician, Anusorn (no surname given), who lived in the Map Ta Ko En subdistrict of Khorat’s Khon Buri district, was a professional musician. The scene of the accident was near the Huay Yang Dam curve in the Don Arang subdistrict, Nong Ki district.

His body, clad in a long-sleeved black shirt and jeans, showed no signs of foul play, suggesting a fatal accident.

Anusorn’s 56 year old caregiver, Nangnuam, who had looked after him since childhood, said he was a good boy who had no enemies. He played music at various events like processions or restaurants.

The last time they had contact was on November 1, when he was playing at a restaurant in Nong Ki. When she could not reach him the next day, she started asking his friends but no one knew his whereabouts.

On November 3, she started searching for him everywhere but there was no news. On November 4, she reported the Thai keyboard player missing at the Nong Ki Police Station in Buriram and the Sing Sarn Police Station in Nakhon Ratchasima as that was the route he would take to return home. She admitted that she had been searching for her grandson every day from dawn till 10pm.

Search party

Nangnuam said that on Monday, she went to check the CCTV footage but found that the Thai keyboard player was not in the Nakhon Ratchasima province. So, she narrowed down the search area until she finally found his body, reported KhaoSod.

Anusorn’s 51 year old mother, Boonnom, said her son was married with two children aged two and three years old. He was the family’s main breadwinner, sending money home every month. She was deeply saddened by the incident and felt sorry for the young children who were yet to understand that their father had died.

Investigations by the Provincial Police Region 3 found that before his death, Anusorn had chatted with a fellow musician on the LINE application, telling him that he was on his way home. He had also sent a picture of his motorcycle’s speedometer showing a speed of 135 kilometres per hour.

Combined with the condition of the motorcycle and the body, it is believed that the accident occurred due to high speed, leading to a loss of control on the curved stretch of the road where the accident occurred.

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