Phuket police intensify search for MG linked to robbery-murder

Phuket police are intensifying their investigation into an MG car linked to a robbery-homicide in Nakhon Chai Si after GPS data revealed its presence in Phuket.

Yesterday, September 19, Police Captain Ratchanat Ratsadaproni from Nakhon Chai Si Police Station was alerted to the discovery of 47 year old Thitirat Chatput’s body. Thitirat, who lived in the Lat Phrao district of Bangkok, was found dead in a water channel along the Nakhon Chai Si-Huai Phlu road in Nakhon Pathom province.

Thitirat, a Grab driver, had been reported missing by relatives since September 10. Police initially suspected the motive to be car theft and murder, as Thitirat’s black MG car with the license plate 6 กฉ 7998 Bangkok was also missing.

Police have now identified the missing vehicle via CCTV footage. The car was spotted between the Thalang District Office and Thalang Police Station on Thep Kasattri Road, heading into the city, reported KhaoSod.

The GPS signal was recorded at 1.12pm. The Commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8, Phuket Provincial Police Chief, and the Phuket City Police Chief issued directives to all local police stations to search for the car and report immediately if it is found.

In related news, police officers in the southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan are searching for two Burmese men who allegedly killed a fellow countryman, his pregnant wife, and their seven year old daughter for 50,000 baht in cash.

A Thai employer revealed how he hired a 40 year old Burmese man named Saw to work on his rubber plantation. However, Saw was absent from work at the back end of last week. The employer tried to call him several times but he did not respond so, he went to his home on the morning of August 31.

Tragically, the employer discovered the bodies of Saw’s pregnant wife, 38 year old Kinwailai, and their seven year old daughter. Both had suffered severe head injuries, and it is believed they died three days before they were found.