Boonlua Chatree
A handicapped German man died after apparently hanging
himself in his Pattaya apartment.
Peter Hoffman, just shy of his 68th birthday, and who had had
both his legs amputated, used a long cloth to hang himself from a door. Police
found two prosthetic legs nearby and no signs of struggle or robbery. A suicide
note in German was also found.
Suphattra Saengthapthim, 24, and Teerapon Janepromarach, 23 -
who had worked as caretakers for the German - alerted police to the death when
they came to assist him April 27. Police said Hoffman had been dead about four
hours.
The body was sent to the Forensics Institute and the German
embassy was notified.
