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Australian Man Charged with Murder over Death of a Teenage Girl in Thailand's Pattaya
Police say Peter Carman faces murder and body concealment charges after a 17-year-old girl was found in a suitcase near railway tracks.
- On Tuesday, Thai authorities charged 45-year-old Australian Simon Peter Carman with murder and concealment of a body after 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla was discovered inside a suitcase near railway tracks in Pattaya.
- Police allege Carman killed Tunchanok last Thursday following a dispute over payment for sexual services; CCTV footage reportedly captured them entering his Jomtien Condominium apartment before he left alone with a dark-colored suitcase.
- Investigators tracked Carman through CCTV footage showing him shopping and doing laundry before disposing of the body. "We watched every single clip," Pattaya City Police Colonel Anek Srathongyoo said, noting the footage proved instrumental.
- Immigration officers intercepted Carman on Saturday at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport before he could board a flight to Australia. Tunchanok's parents, Thongchai Donhomla and Ordee Butrakhamare, both 46, said they wanted Carman to be "executed."
- Carman, a former truck driver from Western Australia, had been living in Pattaya for eight months before his arrest. Acquaintances described him as a loner prone to aggressive outbursts, while police continue investigating the teenager's death.
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Australian Simon Peter Carman, 45, was charged with the murder of a 17-year-old Thai girl on Saturday after her body was found in a large suitcase near train tracks in Pattaya. He was arrested shortly before Saturday night at Bangkok airport as he was about to fly out of the country.
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