Mysterious murder of beautician found dead in Pattaya apartment haunts family

The murder of a 32 year old woman called Ratana in Pattaya has left her family devastated and seeking justice.

Ratana’s body was found with multiple stab wounds to her face, neck, behind the ears, and shoulders four to five days after she died in a third-floor apartment in Pattaya, a city in the Chon Buri Province of Thailand.

At around 3pm on April 1, Ratana’s mother, 59 year old Samran, and her 28 year old brother, Aumnatch, along with other relatives, arrived at the apartment where the murder took place. They had travelled from Amnat Charoen Province to conduct a spiritual ceremony to invite Ratana’s spirit to return home.

In a heart-wrenching display of grief, Samran called out her daughter’s name while lighting ceremonial candles, urging her deceased daughter’s spirit to follow the wrongdoer and seek retribution. During this poignant moment, Samran…