Brother Claims Actress Metta Roongrat's Body, Awaits Sister from US
The body of veteran actress Metta Roongrat, 84, who died by suicide on November 3, has been released to her younger brother Sumeth. An autopsy confirmed a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Funeral rites at Wat Saen Suk will begin tomorrow, pending the arrival of another sister from the United States.
The grieving younger brother collected the body of Metta Roongrat after she took her own life at her residence in Minburi. Tomorrow, the bathing ceremony will be held while waiting for another sister to arrive from the United States. From the case of Daradee Kittisuvan, 84, also known as Metta Roongrat, a former famous actress who used a firearm to kill herself at her home in Soi Kum Kela 4/1, Saen Saeb, Minburi, Bangkok. It is suspected that stress from multiple illnesses was the cause. The incident occurred on the afternoon of November 3. As previously reported, the brother described his shock upon learning of Metta Roongrat's death, saying she had often complained of suffering and revealed the gun had been kept since her youth. On November 4, at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Police Hospital, Sumeth, 65, the younger brother of Metta Roongrat, traveled to handle documents to receive his sister's body for religious rites amid grief. The preliminary autopsy revealed a gunshot wound that destroyed the brain. Sumeth disclosed that he came today to process the body release paperwork and will take his sister's remains for merit-making at Wat Saen Suk, Sala 2, Minburi, Bangkok. The schedule will wait for the other sister traveling from the United States, expected to arrive Thursday morning. The bathing ceremony will therefore be held tomorrow at Wat Saen Suk. Details of the chanting and number of days will be set again once relatives have all arrived, and the rites will proceed according to tradition.
