Police search intensifies for Somyot killer
Police continue to examine possible motives for the murder of former night-entertainment tycoon Somyot Suthangkool and would summarise the most likely motives on Friday, Police Major General Chanthep Saesawet, city police deputy commissioner and chief inv
The investigators would analyse evidence and witnesses’ testimonies, checking each motive possibility and following the progress of criminal activities for Somyot’s attacker.
Police investigations reportedly consider as motives; a gambling debt, a land dispute, lawsuits Somyot reportedly handled for drug defendants, family affairs and business conflict, as well as Somyot’s role in “clearing away” some lawsuits.
The police probe reportedly traced the shooter via security camera footage, as he fled on a motorcycle with his getaway driver to Soi Serithai 11 where he was picked up by a car. Police are looking for the getaway motorcycle, believed to be hidden at the Hua Mark’s Rajamangala Stadium area. A police source said two more persons close to Somyot would be summoned soon for information.
