Tragic End: Two Deaths After Ex-Husband Shoots Former Wife, Community Leader, Then Takes Own Life
A 58-year-old community health volunteer was shot dead in her Satun rental home by her estranged ex-husband, who later took his own life as police closed in on him near the scene.
On May 16, 2025, Quan Kalong Police Station in Satun received a report of a shooting at a rental house in Tung Noi subdistrict. Officers arrived to find a 58-year-old woman, who served as the local community health volunteer leader and female committee chair, shot three times in the chest inside the home. The suspect was her 60-year-old ex-husband. After fleeing to a house about 1 kilometer away, police pursued and surrounded him but found he had already died from a gunshot wound to the head. A 9mm pistol was recovered at the scene, along with a handwritten note stating 'If I can't have it, no one else can either.'
According to the village headman, the couple had divorced but remained in contact because they had two children together. The man worked in rubber and durian plantations and was known to be a heavy drinker with a volatile temperament. When drunk, he became jealous and possessive. The woman worked as a volunteer community health worker. Police investigation revealed the ex-husband had a history of domestic violence, including an attempted murder charge in 2010 and a necklace-snatching incident in 2025 that escalated to criminal charges. The bodies were sent for autopsy, with police conducting a full investigation before releasing them to the family for religious funeral rites.
