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Killer with manners

Police in Nakhon Sawan were surprised when a blood-covered fugitive suspect wanted for killing his wife knocked politely at a police booth asking to give himself up.

Jaras Onnual, 61, stabbed to death his estranged wife, Samang Panchan, 38, at a garland shop in Tha Tako district on March 3 when she spurned his advances to get back together. Moments before the stabbing, Mr Jaras pulled a gun on her in front of shocked staff, but Samang, who worked at the shop, was able to wrest it away.

Mr Jaras stabbed Samang 15 times. He fled the shop following the brutal slaying, sparking a day-long police hunt complete with drones. They were not able to find Mr Jaras, who fled on foot from the Tha Tako-Nakhon Sawan Road shop where his wife died, across a farm and into a forest.

However, the rigours of his escape proved too…