Man Found Beheaded in Rural Hut, Mutilated Body Covered in Powder
A 35-year-old man was found beheaded and mutilated in a rural hut in Udon Thani province, with his head and genitals missing and body covered in powder, suggesting the killing occurred elsewhere before the body was moved.
A shocking murder has left a rural community in Udon Thani reeling after villagers discovered a 35-year-old man dead in a hut with his head and genitals missing and his body covered in white powder. At 9 p.m. on July 17, police from Ban Dung Station in Udon Thani received a report of a body found in a hut in an alley near Ban Fang village, Phon Sung subdistrict, Ban Dung district. Officers and rescue workers rushed to the scene and found the body of Somsakdi, or "Tong" (surname withheld), age 35, lying inside the hut. His head and genitals had been severed and removed, and his entire body was covered in powder. A large knife was placed on his chest. Rescue workers searched for the head, suspecting it had been thrown into a nearby pond, but found nothing, leading authorities to believe the killer took both the head and genitals.
Before discovering the body, villagers had brought Tong boxed rice out of pity, as he lived alone. When they entered the hut, they were shocked to find him dead and mutilated. According to Wichian, Tong's aunt, he had previously worked in Bangkok but returned to the hut after his mother's death. He had once been employed and owned three cars, but after becoming addicted to drugs, he worked at a salt factory before returning to the hut unemployed and dependent on relatives for money.
Initial investigation revealed no blood at the scene, suggesting the victim was killed elsewhere and the body was brought to the hut. Police discovered that Tong had been stabbed and shot on July 13, just days before his death, and had only recently been discharged from the hospital. He told people he had bought a lottery ticket with the winning number 14—which matched exactly. Officers had attempted to ask Tong who attacked him, but he refused to identify his assailants until his death.
Villagers are fearful, suspecting the killer may possess supernatural knowledge, having beheaded the victim, severed his genitals, cut tendons, and covered his body in powder to supposedly bind his spirit and prevent it from following him or allowing police to catch him.
