Brutal Stepfather Confesses to Murder of Stepdaughter, Body Left in Bathroom; Child's Mother Beaten
A 38-year-old man has confessed to murdering his 13-year-old stepdaughter by binding and gagging her in a bathroom in Nong Bua Lamphu Province on May 25, while also severely beating the girl's mother, who was found unconscious after two day
In a shocking case, a stepfather has been accused of murdering his 13-year-old stepdaughter with extreme cruelty—binding her hands and feet with rope, and gagging her with cloth until she died in the bathroom. The victim's mother was beaten unconscious and confined in the house for two days.
On May 26, 2569, police reported that on May 25, officers from Sri Bunyueang Police Station in Nong Bua Lamphu Province received a report of a death at a residential home in Sri Bunyueang District. The victim was identified as a 13-year-old Grade 7 student, found dead in the bathroom behind the house. Her body bore signs of brutal assault—her hands, feet, and neck were bound with rope and cloth, leading to her death. Her mother, 32, was found with severe head and facial injuries and had been beaten unconscious.
Investigators learned that the girl normally lived with her grandparents in another village, but came to visit her mother on May 22 during a local merit-making ceremony. She stayed with the mother and a man named Pornchai (alias Jack), 38, who lives at the house where the incident occurred. She did not return home after attending the ceremony on May 23.
When her grandfather searched for her on May 25 without success, a relative borrowed a motorcycle to withdraw money at a nearby district office. When they did not return by evening, the relative reported it to police and went searching for the motorcycle. They found the mother sitting under the house with severe head wounds and reported it to family members, who took her to the hospital.
Neighbors who witnessed the scene reported that the mother had been beaten unconscious and confined in the same house where her daughter's body was found in the bathroom. The girl's grandfather told his daughter he had warned her not to stay with this man, though she left for the hospital without explaining what had happened.
District Officer Thanayut Yaikaew and police investigated the scene and suspected sexual assault based on the body's condition. The body was sent to Loei Provincial Hospital for autopsy.
Authorities instructed village leaders and police to apprehend Pornchai, the suspect, who had fled the area. At 2:10 p.m. on May 25, he was arrested on a connecting road between villages in Sri Bunyueang District. During interrogation at the district office, a urine test revealed drug use.
