Attempted murder suspect found dead in Thalang Police Station cell
Attempted murder suspect found dead in Thalang Police Station cell — confirmed details at this stage for Phuket readers.
An attempted murder suspect was found dead in a detention cell at Thalang Police Station in Phuket on May 14, prompting a formal investigation into the death in custody. Police said the 41-year-old man, identified as Siwatorn, was discovered at 12.17pm sitting with a rope tied to the cell bars.
He was being held under a Phuket Provincial Court arrest warrant on charges of attempted murder and carrying a knife. Initial checks found no signs of a struggle or assault, and officers estimated he had been dead for no more than one hour.
CCTV timeline and custody investigation
Investigators said three detainees were inside the cell at the time. The two others told police they had been asleep for about two hours and did not witness the incident, waking only when called by officers and then seeing the body in a blind corner of the cell.
CCTV footage showed all three men were still in the cell as normal at about 11am. Police said the dead man appeared agitated, walked around, then went alone into the blind corner, where officers and the other detainees found him dead at about 11.40am.
Police alerted the station chief and called in a doctor, prosecutor, administrative officials and forensic officers to examine the scene. Relatives told investigators the man used drugs and often suffered anxiety, and said he had previously been arrested several times for disorderly conduct and had most recently faced a criminal damage case before the attempted murder warrant was issued over a stabbing on April 25.
Source: https://www.thairath.co.th/news/crime/2932783
