15th charge laid in serial killings case

Police take Sararat Rangsiwutaporn, who is accused of killing a woman with cyanide in Ratchaburi province, to the Criminal Court late last month. (Photo supplied)
Police take Sararat Rangsiwutaporn, who is accused of killing a woman with cyanide in Ratchaburi province, to the Criminal Court late last month. (Photo supplied)

Police on Tuesday laid another charge against alleged serial killer Sararat "Aem" Rangsiwuthaporn after police said they had evidence showing she poisoned a 15th victim with cyanide in 2015.

According to police in Thong Lor -- the area where the death of the 15th alleged victim, Monthathip "Sai" Khao-in, occurred -- on Tuesday invited the doctor who performed the autopsy, for questioning.

The doctor was said to have done everything required in the autopsy process but had not stored Monthathip's blood and tissue samples, police said.

According to the investigation team, Ms Sararat and Monthathip co-owned a shop in Wat Phra Pathom Chedi in Nakhon Pathom in 2015. That same year, Monthathip was invited to join a private savings scheme, with Ms Sararat in debt to her for more than 100,000 baht.

Monthathip was found dead in her apartment in Thong Lor on July 7 of that year. The autopsy showed that heart failure was the cause of death. Many belongings, including the house key that Ms Sararat held, were reported to have been lost after her death.

Vocabulary

  • alleged: claimed to be true, even though this has not yet been proved - ที่กล่าวหา
  • autopsy: a medical examination of a dead person’s body to find out why they died - การชันสูตรศพ
  • charge : an official statement accusing someone of committing a crime - ข้อกล่าวหา
  • debt (noun): an amount of money that you owe - หนี้, นี้สิน
  • failure: the fact of something not working or stopping working -
  • sample: a small amount of a substance that is used for scientific or medical tests - ตัวอย่างทดลอง
  • scheme: a plan for achieving something, especially something illegal or dishonest - แผนการ (ที่มีท่าว่าจะผิดกฎหมาย)
  • serial killer: a person who murders a series of people -
  • tissue: any of the distinct types of material of which animals or plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products - เนื้อเยื้อ
  • victim: someone who has been harmed, injured or killed as the result of a crime - เหยื่อผู้เคราะห์ร้าย
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