Teen gamer thief now a killer
A Chiang Rai teenager is facing fraud charges after a young victim took his own life after losing all his money to him in a romance con.
Thanuphat “James” Maneesri, 18, of Huay Yod, Trang, drowned himself in a reservoir in the district on April 19. The youngster left a picture of a bank transfer slip on his phone, accompanied by the words “fed up”.
The find led police on a trial which took them to the run-down family home of Ton, 17, of Wiang Chiang Rung district, Chiang Rai, who had befriended James in February as they played the computer game ROM.
After Ton ran out of money to buy new items in the game, he decided to impersonate a young woman to trick James out of money. He spent it all on his computer games habit.
His parents…
