Body Found in River With 10kg of Bricks in Backpack
Police recovered a male body from the Chao Phraya River in Nonthaburi with approximately 10kg of bricks in his backpack; the deceased showed no signs of injury and had been dead for roughly 24 hours.
At 3 p.m. on August 7, police from Muang Nonthaburi station received a report of a male body floating in the Chao Phraya River beneath Rama VII Bridge in Suanai Subdistrict, Muang District, Nonthaburi Province. At the scene, officers found the deceased wearing cycling attire with a black backpack containing one cement block used as an umbrella base and one concrete brick weighing approximately 10 kilograms total. No wounds were found on the body, and the corpse had been deceased for about 24 hours.
Andy Khemapimuk, a singer, actor, DJ, and host in the Dragonfire band, traveled to view the body and recalled that he had last met the deceased about a month prior. He noted that the man was very close to his mother and was someone who always planned his actions carefully. Andy added that they had been in regular contact, and the deceased had recently sent video clips of Dragonfire songs to their group chat and mentioned reuniting with the band soon.
The deceased's mother disclosed that before his death, her son had been preparing to ordain as a monk at Sangkhathan Temple and had already obtained documents from the temple, though no ordination date had been set. He had been regularly meditating there beforehand. Investigators have questioned relatives and submitted the body for detailed autopsy to determine the cause of death. The family expressed disbelief, noting that the deceased had concrete plans to become a monk in the near future.
