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Australian Man Charged with Murder After Thai Teen Found Dead in Suitcase
Thai authorities say the 45-year-old faces murder and body concealment charges after CCTV showed him leaving a hotel with a suitcase.
- On Saturday, Thai police arrested Australian Simon Peter Carman at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok after 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla's body was found in a suitcase near railway tracks in Pattaya on Friday.
- Carman, a 45-year-old former Perth resident, moved to Thailand late last year seeking surgery after failing to address medical injuries in Australia; neighbors in Rockingham described him as someone who "kept to himself."
- Investigators allege the pair agreed on 1000 baht, about $43, for sexual services before a dispute erupted; CCTV footage showed Carman leaving his hotel alone while pulling a large suitcase.
- Facing charges including murder and concealing a body, Carman remains in Thai custody; if convicted, he could face the death penalty, a punishment Tunchanok's stepmother, Oradee Bussarakum, explicitly requested.
- Before leaving Australia, Carman lost an appeal to retain his firearms license, which police had suspended a year prior; he was reportedly listed for sentencing in a Western Australian court around the time he relocated.
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