Man Dies After Years of Violent Domestic Abuse

At 3:40 p.m. on September 23, Chanthaburi City Police received a report of a mysterious death in a townhouse in Tambon Ta Chang. Officers and forensic doctors from Phrachomklao Hospital found the body of a 64-year-old man, Kittisak, lying dead outside the bathroom with severe facial and head bruising consistent with blunt-force trauma, along with old stab wounds to his abdomen. On the bed lay his 60-year-old wife, identified as B, with a broken arm. Police discovered bloodstains scattered throughout the room and a two-foot iron rod leaning against the wall, which they seized as evidence.

Investigators learned from the deceased's sister that the couple had been together only three to four months. Two months earlier, the wife had stabbed him in the stomach, an injury serious enough to require treatment, but they reconciled and continued living together. Their fights were typically triggered by alcohol consumption. A neighbor who discovered the body reported that both had a drinking habit and would fight constantly after drinking, often using Thai boxing techniques until both were visibly bruised almost daily. The most recent severe fight occurred on September 22, when the man beat his wife with the iron rod, breaking her arm, while he himself suffered multiple injuries. When the neighbor visited the following afternoon to bring food, he found the wife telling him to check on her husband by the bathroom because she had heard groaning sounds the previous night but could not get up. The neighbor discovered the man dead.

Initial police assessment suggests the death resulted from accumulated injuries sustained through repeated domestic violence. The body has been sent for autopsy at Phrachomklao Hospital, and officers plan to conduct further questioning of the wife to determine appropriate legal action.