Senior Judge In Buriram Dies By Gunshot
A senior judge at Buriram Provincial Court was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in a storage shed in Maha Sarakham Province on August 10; police say he had been suffering from depression and work-related stress for about a month.
On August 10, 2569, police from Phayakkhaphum Phisai Station in Maha Sarakham Province received a report of a death at a residence in Phayakkhaphum Phisai Subdistrict. Officers coordinated with hospital medical staff, forensic investigators, and rescue personnel to examine the scene. They found the body of a 63-year-old male, a senior judge at Buriram Provincial Court, lying deceased in a storage shed next to a garage. A 9mm automatic handgun was present at the scene, with a bullet entry wound on the right temple and exit on the left side.
Forensic investigators recovered one 9mm automatic pistol with 4 rounds in the magazine and an additional magazine containing 10 rounds from the deceased's gun bag. Upon interviewing family members, police learned that the deceased suffered from chronic illness and had been experiencing work-related stress and depression for approximately one month. He had been sleeping separately in the rear house while his wife slept in the front house. At around 05:30 AM, the wife heard what sounded like a gunshot and found her husband dead in the storage shed.
Family members expressed uncertainty about the cause of death. Police will conduct an autopsy and release the body to the family for religious funeral rites.
