
Prathum Sidam 57, said her daughter, Jarunee Sidam, 39, left home in Phetchabun province to work in Bangkok and last contacted her family on the phone nine years ago.
Prathum said it was the last wish of her husband, Si Sidam, 67, to meet the missing daughter again but he died on Thursday. Prathum said she hoped her daughter would learn about the death via the media and return home to pay her last respects to her father.