2023’s top stories: Trail of cyanide leads to country’s first suspected female serial killer

File photo : Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn

The woman nicknamed “Am Cyanide” by Thai media made headlines in 2023 as Thailand’s first suspected female serial killer after police uncovered evidence that more than a dozen of her close acquaintances had died in mysterious circumstances.

Evidence indicated that Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn had murdered at least 14 victims, including her former husband, between 2015 and this year, according to investigators. The motive was money, they said.

The case against Sararat, 36, has already gone to court, with her former husband, Pol Lt-Colonel Witoon Rangsiwuthaporn, and her lawyer Thannicha Aeksuwannawat accused of tampering with evidence and helping her to evade punishment.

If convicted, she could face the death penalty.

Shocking discovery

Married to Witoon until last year, Sararat was reportedly pregnant with the baby of one of her victims at…