Three members of a Si Sa Ket family, and one friend, have been charged with the brutal stabbing of the family patriarch, after he supposedly spoke to them too harshly.
Phuricha Promsopa
Muang police nabbed the four for the murder of Sathaporn Jinkhamphanao, 48, a tour company operator, in his sleep.
The suspects stabbed him to death then dumped his body by the Haet Reservoir, where it was found later by locals. He had been stabbed in the neck and below the chest bone at least five times.
Police called in his family but when they started giving contradictory evidence split them up for questioning. Ultimately they confessed.
Sathaporn’s wife, Phuricha Promsopa, 51, stepdaughter Phettim Wangkul, 25, stepson Thanachok Phanikorn, 21, and a friend of the young man’s, identified as Peerapat (no surname given), 21, admitted stabbing the victim repeatedly…
