Pot head runs amok
A drug addict in Ubon Ratchathani killed his grandfather and blind elder sister after they refused his requests for a cash handout to buy more cannabis, family members say.
Muang police nabbed Natthaphong Hongthong, 27, for the double murder in a bedroom on the upper storey of the two-level family home in Kham Yai sub-district.
Natthakamon Hongthong, 35, who is blind, the suspect’s elder half-sister, was found nearby Tubtim Hongthong, 85, his maternal grandfather. A relative broke open the locked door of the bedroom to discover the pair after he was unable to find them for hours.
News reports were unclear about the weapon used, describing it as a blunt object. The suspect also left a crude message scrawled in red felt pen on the door of a wardrobe: “I did it”.
Mr Natthaphong, who fled the scene, was found hiding in bushes by a local hotel. Reports…
