New DNA samples collected as 2007 murder case reopens

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2015
New DNA samples collected as 2007 murder case reopens

AS PART of the investigation into the 2007 murder of a Japanese tourist in the Sukhothai historical park, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and a forensic team collected DNA samples and fingerprints of 65 border police officers at the 31st Bor

These officers were at a nearby camp at the time of the murder.
DSI deputy director-general Pol Lt-Colonel Pong-in Intarakhao said that apart from these border patrol police officers, DSI investigators and forensic officials would also take DNA samples and fingerprints from 50 other people who were near the area at the time of the murder.