In Thailand, for the past two decades, newspapers have devoted their front pages to the disturbing story of some serial killer. There is the dubbed "van murderer", Nirut Sonkhamhan, who poisoned nine taxi drivers with pesticides between 2011 and 2012. Four of them died. Going back a few years we find "Thai Jack the Ripper", Somkid Pumpuang, sentenced to death in 2021 because, between January and June 2005, he killed and dismembered five female masseurs working in nightclubs in several different provinces.
This week's apparent new serial killer outnumbers the other cases mentioned. Her name is Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, she is 35 years old and on Tuesday she was accused of murdering her friend Siriporn Khanwong on April 14, taking advantage of a trip they were taking together to a province adjacent to Bangkok.
The autopsy results detected cyanide in the body of the victim, who had died of heart failure. Police, when detaining Sararat for questioning as a possible suspect, found a bottle of cyanide in her luggage. But the story does not end with this crime.
The agents, while investigating the detainee, began to discover that at least 12 of her friends, between the ages of 33 and 44, had also died of heart conditions between December 2020 and April 2023. Much coincidence? The police don't think so.
As reported by the Thai press, investigators are convinced that Sarararat poisoned her 12 friends with cyanide, including her ex-husband, who was a police officer, as well as two other women who were also officers.
The suspect has a pharmacist sister who owns a store in Ratchaburi province, where Siriporn's alleged poisoning murder occurred. When agents searched the sister's pharmacy, they also found "suspicious capsules," probably cyanide, a poison that deprives the body's cells of oxygen, leading to heart attacks. If a large amount is used, it can be lethal.
Thai national police deputy chief Surachate Hakparn confirmed Wednesday that they are investigating the 12 alleged murders, as well as that the victims may be targeted for "financial reasons." After their deaths, their relatives reported that belongings had disappeared from the victims' bodies, such as jewelry, as well as money in their bank accounts.
But not all those allegedly poisoned by Sararat have died. This Thursday the testimony of a woman, also a friend of the alleged serial killer, has been known, who claims to have lent her 250,000 baht, which in exchange is around 6,600 euros. After that, Sararat offered her an allergy pill when they were walking through a mall. The woman began to feel strong pressure in her chest and lost feeling in her hands. She but she was quickly admitted to the hospital and the doctors were able to save her.
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