Chronology of events involving the Koh Tao rape-murder case
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Sept 15: Bodies of British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller are found.
Sept 17: Autopsy results show traces of semen on Witheridge. A British tourist is questioned as he was seen with the victims before the murders. DNA testing indicates that he was not involved with the murders.
Sept 19: A DNA sample from a cigarette butt found near the victims matches the semen found on the woman. Police hunt for an Asian man captured on security-camera footage playing a guitar and smoking on the beach where the murders occurred.
Sept 20: DNA test results reveal the semen found on the woman’s body came from an Asian.
Sept 21-22: Many DNA samples are collected from suspects near the scene of the murders. Police are criticised by foreign media for working too slowly in the case.
Sept 26: A witness claims to have seen the murders and states that the killers are foreigners. Police attempt to determine the credibility of the information.
Oct 1: Three migrant Myanmar workers are detained in connection with the murders.
Oct 2: Two of the men confess to the crime.
Oct 3: Police accompany them to the scene of murders for a re-enactment of the crime.
