Missing Chinese woman case awaits DNA results
published : 16 Jul 2024 at 14:21
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
The results of DNA testing conducted on samples taken from human remains believed to be of a missing Chinese woman are expected on Friday.
The Police General Hospital’s Institute of Forensic Medicine (IFM) said on Monday that the identification of the body was difficult due to the decomposition of the remains.
Yan Ruimin, 38, was reported missing in Thailand since July 1.
The remains that are believed to be hers were discovered dumped in a deserted area in Chachoengsao on Saturday.
As far as the forensic examination could tell, the body didn’t sustain any serious injuries to the head, police said.
If the DNA from the remains matches that of the missing woman’s father, police will then be able to seek an arrest warrant for Ma Qingyan, the prime suspect who is believed to have kidnapped Ms Yan and then possibly killed her and dumped her body in Chachoengsao.
More information about what Ms Yan was doing in Thailand before she went missing is expected from her elder sister, who will come to Thailand and meet with police on Thursday.
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Vocabulary
- decompose: to be destroyed gradually by natural chemical processes - ทำให้เน่าเปื่อย
- DNA: The chemical in the cells of living things -
- forensic: relating to the use of scientific methods to solve crimes or to find out why something happened - เกี่ยวกับนิติวิทยาศาสตร์
- kidnap: to illegally take someone away and make them a prisoner - ลักพาตัว
- missing (adj): lost; not able to find someone/something; not in the usual place because it has been removed or lost - ซึ่งหายไป
- prime suspect: the person police think is most likely to have committed a crime -
- remains: the body of a person or animal that has died - ซากศพ
- warrant (noun): a legal document that is signed by a judge and gives the police authority to do something - หมาย
- Keywords
- Chinese
- missing
- disappearance
- woman
