A 65-year-old security guard was caught on video stabbing a 30-year-old woman colleague multiple times at an apartment building in central Bangkok because she turned him down.
The vicious attack happened on Dec 28 last year. The woman, Buasorn Chaikote, sustained many stab wounds and had to stay in hospital for 14 days. Her attacker, Kaew Kemthong, went into hiding in Chon Buri.
On Thursday, police found Mr Kaew hiding in a hotel in Pattaya.
Ms Buasorn told police that Mr Kaew tried to flirt with another woman at the apartment, but she turned him down. The security guard then turned his attention to her and frequently gave her gifts.
"I didn't want his gifts but I didn't want him to feel bad. He might have thought that I also liked him, but it wasn't like that," Ms Buasorn was quoted as saying by the police.
Mr Kaew confessed that he was the person who stabbed Ms Buasorn, according to police.
"I had a relationship with her. I knew her for six months without knowing that she already has a husband.
"We talked all the time. I was committed and spent over 10,000 baht on her. When I learned about her husband, I asked her to return my money. We had a fierce argument and I started stabbing her," he admitted.
The woman said she was baffled by his testimony, insisting that they never had a relationship, and that she has neither husband nor boyfriend.
Ms Buasorn said that Mr Kaew had given her 3,000 baht as a gift. She said she wanted to return the money, but was waiting for her friends to witness it.
Security camera footage from the apartment building shows Mr Kaew approaching Ms Buasorn, who is sitting behind a desk. They briefly argue before the man pulls out a knife and stabs her many times, until another security guard comes to intervene.
Police said they will wait for a medical report before seeking an arrest warrant for the 65-year-old man.