A violent monk who attacked his 17 year old granddaughter with a hammer was found hanged in a forest. Investigating officers report that he was found yesterday but is believed to have been hanging dead there after committing suicide for about a week.
Last Saturday, officers from the Phibun Mangsahan Police Station were called to the scene where the monk had left his young victim for dead at a temple in the Isaan province of Ubon Ratchathani. Police believe that a letter found at the scene suggests the monk had a crush on the girl and was jealous of a friendship she’d recently struck up with a male friend.
The 56 year old monk named Phra Uthit was suspected of attempted murder and an arrest warrant was issued. It is believed that he may have killed himself out of stress from the case and to escape the police’s pursuit.
Police received a call that local villagers had found a…
