Husband of woman found dead detained in Thailand

**harrybarracuda** · 26-01-2025, 07:49 PM

Police in Thailand have detained the British husband of Lamduan Armitage, the Thai woman whose body was found in the Yorkshire Dales more than 20 years ago.

Walkers discovered her half-naked body in a stream near Pen-y-ghent in 2004 and she remained unidentified for 15 years until her family saw a BBC News report and came forward.

David Armitage, who has been living in Thailand since her death, did not report his wife missing and has not managed to be interviewed by Thai or British police about her whereabouts.

He has now been detained in Bangkok while Thai authorities prepare to revoke his visa.

Mr Armitage, who has a resident visa, was detained on Thursday at his house in Kanchanaburi before being transferred to the Bangkok Immigration Detention Centre.

He did not file an immigration petition meaning he no longer has the right to stay in Thailand and will either move back to the UK or go to another country, the BBC understands.

A cold case review was started in 2016 and scientific advances meant police were able to piece together a more detailed picture of who she was and concluded that she had been killed.

Three years later there was a major breakthrough when a Thai family read about the case and believed the woman could be their daughter who vanished in 2004.

This led North Yorkshire Police to carry out DNA testing in order to confirm her identity.

It was established she had moved to the UK in 1991 with Mr Armitage after they were married in Thailand and they had been living in northern England before her death.

Husband of Thai woman found dead in Yorkshire Dales detained

**Shutree** · 28-01-2025, 03:24 PM

I'm sure that this Armitage chap needs a fair trial and throwing into a small cell with Bubba for the rest of his years.
That said, articles like this bother me. Maybe it is just poor reporting, it doesn't mention on what grounds he has been detained, it doesn't mention the involvement of the courts. Possibly there is due process and possibly it is being followed. Possibly not.

**nidhogg** · 28-01-2025, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by Shutree

I'm sure that this Armitage chap needs a fair trial and throwing into a small cell with Bubba for the rest of his years.
That said, articles like this bother me. Maybe it is just poor reporting, it doesn't mention on what grounds he has been detained, it doesn't mention the involvement of the courts. Possibly there is due process and possibly it is being followed. Possibly not.

They do not need a reason I think. Visas can be revoked at any time, for any reason the Immigration authorities feel the need to do so. The minute his visa was revoked he was staying here illegally.

There is an appeals process, but apparently he did not use the option to do so.

**harrybarracuda** · 28-01-2025, 06:21 PM

I would suggest both the Thai and UK police think he killed a Thai and has been avoiding being questioned.

He could have spared himself being deported by agreeing to speak to them.

He's a guest in this country and they feel he has outstayed his welcome. He's not being extradited.

Could be looking for non-extradition countries as we speak.

**armstrong** · 28-01-2025, 07:14 PM

I heard he shanked her in the bathroom

**Joe 90** · 28-01-2025, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by armstrong

I heard he shanked her in the bathroom

My money is on a candlestick in the library.

**Neverna** · 29-01-2025, 12:28 AM

There's another thread on this from 2019.

DNA could solve ‘lady of the hills’ mysteryU

**harrybarracuda** · 29-01-2025, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by Neverna

There's another thread on this from 2019.

DNA could solve ‘lady of the hills’ mysteryU (DNA could solve ‘lady of the hills’ mysteryU)

I expect the mods can merge them if I ask nicely.

OI! MODS!

**Shutree** · 29-01-2025, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by Neverna

There's another thread on this from 2019.

DNA could solve ‘lady of the hills’ mysteryU (DNA could solve ‘lady of the hills’ mysteryU)

Well remembered. I thought it was there but with TD's search capacity at zero I couldn't find it. There was that point about her children, not really infants, they must have had some opinions.

Sad that hubby has lived as a free man for so long without facing any enquiries. I mean, when she disappeared, and he left for Thailand, who was with the children? Did no one ask them where is mum, where is dad?

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