Man killed, burned wife after birthday party

Accused wife killer Sirichai Rakthong (in hooded jacket), 33, is escorted to a police vehicle for a reenactment of the crime on Wednesday. (Photo supplied/ Wassayos Ngamkham)
Accused wife killer Sirichai Rakthong (in hooded jacket), 33, is escorted to a police vehicle for a reenactment of the crime on Wednesday. (Photo supplied/ Wassayos Ngamkham)

A 33-year-old man accused of killing his wife and burning her body after they celebrated his birthday together was taken for a reenactment of the crime on Wednesday.

Sirichai Rakthong is charged with the murder of Chonlada Muthuwong, 27, in Nonthaburi province and then burning her body in a rubber plantation in Prachin Buri.

During the reenactment he allegedly confessed to assaulting his wife at their house in Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi and also at two locations on Chaeng Wattana Road in Nonthaburi. The vicious assaults on Chaeng Wattana Road were caught on CCTV and the recordings have been shown on TV news.

Police said the couple celebrated his birthday together on Saturday, and the beatings began around 3am on Sunday.

The victim's burned skeleton and a burned suitcase were spotted in a rubber plantation in Sri Mahaphote district of Prachin Buri on Tuesday night.

Police said Chonlada's bracelet and gold ring were found with the burned remains. Her mobile phone signal had also been detected in the area.

According to police, Mr Sirichai said he and his wife were both drunk at his birthday party, and she made reference to his ex-girlfriend.

Police said the woman most likely died at the house after being hit on the head with a hard object.

Later on Sunday morning, Feb 18, Mr Sirichai realised his wife was dead. He stuffed the body in a suitcase which he placed in their car. He stopped at a petrol station near their home to buy petrol, which he used to burn the body in the suitcase when he reached the plantation in Prachin Buri, according to police.

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Vocabulary

  • assault: attacking someone violently - การทำร้ายร่างกาย
  • beating: an act of hitting somebody hard and repeatedly, as a punishment or in a fight - การตีซ้ำๆ, การฟาดซ้ำๆ
  • bracelet: a piece of jewellery which is worn around the wrist or arm - กำไลข้อมือ
  • plantation (n): a large farm where crops such as tea, coffee, cotton, sugar or trees, are grown - ไร่ นาขนาดใหญ่
  • reenactment: doing something again, acting it out to show people what happened -
  • remains: the body of a person or animal that has died - ซากศพ
  • rubber (noun): a bouncy, elastic material used in car tires and waterproof gloves - กล้ายาง
  • skeleton: the structure of bones that supports the body of a person or an animal - โครงกระดูก
  • stuff: to fill a container or space with something, especially something soft - ยัดไส้
  • suitcase (noun): a case with flat sides and a handle, used for carrying clothes, etc. when you are travelling - กระเป๋าเดินทาง
  • vicious: violent and cruel, aggressive and dangerous - ร้ายแรง, ดุร้าย
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