Thread: Body of unidentified man found off Sattahip Bay in Chonburi

The dead body of a man was found off Sattahip Bay west of Koh Khram in Chonburi province on Thursday.

Sattahip police were alerted at 1pm about the body found floating in the sea. Rescue staff from Sawang Rojana Thammasathan Foundation salvaged the body and brought it to a pier at Bang Sare Beach in Bang Sare subdistrict.

Police said that the deceased was a male, age and nationality unknown, wearing a green underwear with a red nylon rope tied around his waist, while the head and hands were missing due to decomposition.

Forensic staff estimated that the victim had been dead for around a month, while the cause of death could be drowning by being tied to a weight.

The body was sent to Chonburi’s forensic institute for detailed autopsy to identify the victim and the cause of death, while police are checking the missing persons' reports to see if any matched the body’s description.

Body of unidentified man found off Sattahip Bay in Chonburi

the cause of death could be drowning by being tied to a weight.

The cause of his head and hands missing might not be decomposition.

an autopsy to id.the victim, small prick or BIG ONE.?

Nationality unknown ? I guess this implies the body is not Thai