Ruthless Creditor Kills Woman with Axe After Failed Debt Collection Attempt
A 52-year-old man killed a 74-year-old woman with an axe in Ubon Ratchathani province after she told him the land promised as collateral for her daughter's 100,000 baht debt had already been seized by another creditor. He confessed and is i
A ruthless creditor, unable to collect 100,000 baht from a debtor's daughter, turned violent when he discovered the promised land collateral had already been seized by another creditor. In his rage, he wielded an axe against the mother instead, fatally wounding her.
On May 13, 2025, Deputy Superintendent Katawaong of Buuntharik Police Station received a report of a murder. An elderly woman had been killed along a roadside near Khao Saeng Thong Charoen temple in Buuntharik district, Ubon Ratchathani province. A team including investigative officers, on-call physicians, and rescue workers responded to find 74-year-old Sangwian lying in a pool of blood beside a white and blue Honda Wave motorcycle, wearing a white and black floral shirt and brown sarong. An autopsy revealed two deep axe wounds to her neck that severed major blood vessels, with death occurring approximately 1-2 hours prior.
Witness Porn (pseudonym), 70, a neighbor who had ridden with the victim, described a terrifying encounter. After making merit offerings at a temple that morning, 52-year-old Sakkri, a neighbor from the same village who was tending buffalo nearby, stepped into the road and confronted the victim about a 100,000 baht debt owed by her daughter Lammul. When Sangwian explained that the land she had promised as collateral had already been seized by another creditor, Sakkri became enraged. He drew an axe he had with him and struck her in the neck, causing her to fall. He then delivered a second, fatal blow to the same area before fleeing.
The witness escaped to alert authorities and neighbors, but Sangwian died before help could arrive. Police tracked down Sakkri at his residence, where he confessed and revealed he had hidden the axe in a water basin 30 meters from the scene.
Sakkri admitted under questioning that since 2567, he had loaned Lammul a total of 100,000 baht with an agreement to collateralize 2 rai of land. However, she never honored the agreement, refused to repay the money, and failed to provide the promised land. Though village officials arranged a payment plan of 1,000 baht per month, Lammul never complied. That morning, while tending his buffalo, he encountered Sangwian and asked her to settle the land matter, but she refused. Feeling wronged and impoverished, he acted in fury, killing her with the axe he was carrying before surrendering to authorities.
Lammul tearfully claimed her mother was uninvolved in the matter. She acknowledged borrowing from Sakkri for daily expenses and had promised to use her inherited land as collateral, but that land had already been seized by another creditor before Sakkri's claims. She stated Sakkri had frequently threatened her to repay the debt. They had recently agreed to a 1,000 baht monthly payment plan, but she was unable to pay during the rubber harvest closure season. Lammul expressed her desire for justice for her mother, refuting social media claims that her mother was a serial debtor, insisting her mother never knew of or borrowed from Sakkri.
