Police say net idol killed by boyfriend

Thamolwan “Wanjeab” Chaloemchaisri, an internet celebrity and DJ, was slain by her boyfriend, police have concluded. (Photo: Whanjeab Juaura Facebook account)
Thamolwan “Wanjeab” Chaloemchaisri, an internet celebrity and DJ, was slain by her boyfriend, police have concluded. (Photo: Whanjeab Juaura Facebook account)

Police say they have concluded their investigation into the death of Thamolwan “Wanjeab” Chaloemchaisri, an internet idol and club DJ, who was shot in the head by her boyfriend, who was later found dead.

Thamolwan, 23, was found dead in her apartment in the Huai Khwang area of Bangkok at 4.30am on Monday. She had a gunshot wound above her left ear, and a gun was found on her left hand, police said.

The scene initially suggested a suicide. However, police said that some abnormalities, including the fact that Thamolwan was right-handed, were pointed out during the investigation.

The victim’s boyfriend, identified only as Thinh, was seen leaving Thamolwan’s apartment at 6.37am on Saturday and was considered a prime suspect.

When police arrived at his apartment in the Sanam Bin Nam area of Nonthaburi, they heard a gunshot inside. Thinh, 41, was found lying on the floor and later died.

The investigation concluded that Thinh had killed Thamolwan.

Officers are still trying to determine whether Thinh’s motive for killing Thamolwan stemmed from online gambling losses. Friends told police that those losses ran to at least a billion baht.

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Vocabulary

  • abnormality (noun): things that are not normal, not the way they should be, deviant - ผิดปกติ, ผิดธรรมดา, ผิดวิสัย, ผิดแปลก, แปลก
  • conclude: to decide that something is true after looking at all the evidence you have - สรุป
  • gambling: the activity of betting money, for example in a game or on a horse race - การพนัน
  • idol: a person or thing that is loved and admired very much - คนหรือสิ่งที่ได้รับความชื่นชมหรือคลั่งไคล้อย่างมาก
  • initially: at first - ในเบื้องต้น
  • motive: a reason for doing something - แรงจูงใจ
  • pointed out: mentioned something in order to give somebody information about it or make them notice it - ชี้ให้เห็น, บ่งชี, ชี้, ระบุ
  • prime suspect: the person police think is most likely to have committed a crime -
  • stemmed from (verb): was/were caused by - เกิดจาก
  • suicide: the action of deliberately killing yourself - การฆ่าตัวตาย
  • wound: an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged - บาดแผล
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