Boonlua Chatree
An Iranian man has been arrested for allegedly
strangling to death a 21-year-old Beach Road masseuse.
Iranian Saeed Deghan Halan has been arrested for allegedly strangling to
death a 21-year-old Beach Road masseuse.
Saeed Deghan Halan, 23, was taken into custody Oct.
25 at Pattaya Hill Resort on Pratamnak Hill where he had been staying
for several days. Inside his fourth floor condominium police found the
fully dressed body of Kalasin native Saifon Kamonruang. She had been
dead for about five hours, officials estimated.
The room showed signs of a violent encounter, with
bed sheets unraveled and blood on the wall. The woman had apparently
been strangled, but the body was sent to the Forensics Institute to
determine the official cause of death.
Also found at the scene was a tube of massage cream,
an open box of condoms and a massage “menu” listing different types of
massage and prices.
Halan, who had a small puncture wound on his hand and
scratches on his face and neck, told police he had had several liaisons
with the Beach Road streetwalker but the most recent encounter turned
violent when, he claimed, Saifon injured him during rough play. He said
he lost his temper and strangled her before he realized what happened.
Realizing what he’d done, Halan said he tried to
flee, but was stopped by the security guard who had seen him go upstairs
with the woman only an hour before.
