Body of man handcuffed and shot found in ditch in Nakhon Si Thammarat
In a suspected case of murder, police have found the dead body of a man in a drainage ditch in Nakhon Si Thammarat province on Wednesday (September 2).
Officers from Chamao Police Station in Tharua subdistrict, Muang district, found the body of the man aged around 30-35 years, wearing a green-black sport shirt and black-orange shorts. He was handcuffed at the back and he had a gunshot wound at the back of his head. The man also had tattoos all over his back.
Forensic experts estimated that the man had been dead for at least three days, and that he had been shot at point-blank range.
Officials have not been able to find his identity. They also speculated that he was possibly handcuffed and shot somewhere else before the perpetrators, suspected to be more than two persons, carried his body here in a car and dumped it in the ditch.
The man’s body was sent to a hospital for detailed autopsy to determine the cause of death while officials are gathering evidence to identify the dead man and track down the perpetrators.