Man confesses to murdering father and sister by drowning in steel cabinets

Sakhon Nakhon police have detained a 35-year-old man on suspicion that he locked his father and sister into separate steel cabinets, pushed them into a pond and watched them drown.

The man, identified as Varut Detpumee, whom police claim has confessed to murdering his father and sister by luring them into cabinets placed on a table in the pond, while telling them that he intended to shoot a video clip of them inside the cabinets for his YouTube channel.

Once they were inside, Varut allegedly locked the cabinets, tied chains around them and pushed them into the water. Police say he has, so far, not provided a clear motivation for his murders and no drugs were found in his system.

On Monday, police were alerted by the village headman, in Pang Khon, to suspicious activity near a pond in the village. When they arrived at the scene, they discovered Varut standing there and in the pond,…