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Fugitive forest ranger found dead

Searchers return with the body of fugitive Phitphirun Phiraphop, 45, in Non Dindaeng district, Buri Ram, early Monday morning. (Photo: Surachai Piragsa)

BURI RAM: A fugitive forest ranger was found dead, hanged from a tree, in forest in Non Dindaeng district on Monday, ending a week-long manhunt for the alleged killer of his estranged wife’s son.

The body of Phitphirun Phiraphop, 45, was found early on Monday in the La Loeng Roi Roo forest, not far from the government vehicle he had used in the attack on his former wife’s house and family.

About 100 police, forestry and local officials had been deployed in the hunt for him.

Phitphirun was a senior forest protection ranger at Dong Yai Wildlife Sanctuary in the south of Buri Ram province.

On the night of March 13, he stole a shotgun and a vehicle from the…

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