A suspected rapist and murderer, left, is seen in surveillance camera footage sitting with his victim at a coffee shop in San Sai district, Chiang Mai, on Saturday. (Screenshot from MCOT TV)
CHIANG MAI: A used car saleswoman was lured by a suspected repeat rapist who pretended to be a potential customer but then proceeded to rape and brutally murder her at a motel.
Police and local residents arrested the 40-year-old suspect, Nathapol Panpadungsap, in Muang district at about 3.30pm on Sunday, one day after the crime.
Police said that on Saturday the man lured the 35-year-old victim to a coffee shop near her used car company in San Sai district at about 3pm, claiming he had just driven past the car dealer’s premises. At the coffee…
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