Thread: Chonburi Police Investigate Two Mysterious Deaths

Huay Yai police are expediting their investigation into the deaths of a young woman found in a cassava field and a young man who was discovered hanging nearby in a baffling incident.

On December 2nd, the body of a young woman with tattoos was found in a cassava field in Huay Yai, Chonburi province. The woman has not yet been identified, but police believe she may be a Laotian national who worked in a karaoke establishment in the area of Huay Pong district, Rayong province.


Earlier yesterday, December 5th, the body of Mr. Jiraphan “Arm” Chantharot, a 33-year-old Thai national from Nan province, was discovered hanging from a tree located just one kilometer away from the mysterious young woman’s body. Huay Yai police believe the two bodies might have been connected in some ways.

Investigators are currently reviewing CCTV footage in the Huay Pong area since the victim was believed to have left her residence on November 26th, 2023. They are also investigating the route believed to have been taken by the deceased, who might have ridden a motorcycle from Rayong to the location where her body was discovered.


The autopsy results of the deceased woman are still pending and may take 3-5 days, Huay Yai police reported. Initial reports, however, show that there are no signs of physical harm on her body. As for the fingerprint examination of the woman, initial checks on both the citizen registry and foreign national database show no matches.


Police are also trying to unlock Mr. Jiraphan’s phone in an attempt to find the possible link to the woman.

Chonburi Police Investigate Two Mysterious Deaths - The Pattaya News

Suspected Murderer of Chonburi Woman Arrested

A Thai man was arrested in connection to the death of a woman found deceased in the cassava field in the area of Huay Yai, Chonburi province.

On December 6th at around 8:50 PM, the suspect, Mr. Pratchayathas Samutthongdaeng, 32, turned himself in to Huay Yai police. His surrender came after his relatives persuaded him to come forward in the case where a young woman, whose name was identified by police as Ms. Chanjira Khamkaew, 27, was found dead in a cassava plantation in Huay Yai.

Mr. Pratchayathas reportedly confessed to murdering Ms. Chanjira, stating that around 11:00 PM on November 29th, he had a verbal altercation with Ms. Chanjira at their residence in Suphanburi. He admitted to strangling her to death out of anger and later disposed of her body in the cassava field.


He drove a bronze Honda Civic to transport the body and dumped it at the crime scene. The man is currently in custody.


It’s unclear if the body of a man found hanging a distance away from the victim was connected and was still under investigation, but may have been an isolated incident.

UPDATE: Suspected Murderer of Chonburi Woman Arrested - The Pattaya News