A soldier who claimed his Pattaya girlfriend committed suicide has been arrested for her murder.
Tawatchai Moonwaree, 21, a soldier stationed in Prachinburi, was taken into custody Aug. 2 after Wasana Khamboonya, 24, was pronounced dead at Laem Chabang International Hospital.
The victim, a factory worker from Khon Kaen, died of asphyxiation and a serious blow to the head at the Baan Na Mai housing development in Banglamung.
Police said Tawatchai confessed he and his girlfriend had been in a heated argument in which he accused her of having an affair. In anger, he closed a belt around her neck and bashed her head into a balcony railing.
When he suddenly realized she wasn’t moving or breathing, he carried the body downstairs, telling neighbors she tried to commit suicide.
He was charged with homicide and made to re-enact the tragic events.
Confessed murderer Tawatchai Moonwaree tries to reenact the crime for police.
