BANGKOK, Jan 4
Thai police expect to arrest the murderer of a young British woman -- dressed in an evening gown -- whose body found floating in the sea Monday near the resort island of Koh Samui in Surat Thani.
Police said they expect to arrest the murderer of 21-year-old Katherine Horton, a university student on holiday from England, in the next few days, as they found evidence leading to the culprit.
Pol.Lt-Gen. Montree Chamroon, commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau, ordered Deputy Commissioner Asawin Kwanmuang to head the investigation team to find the criminal as the killing can tarnish the country's image.
Police are now questioning a key witness whose testimony contradicts the evidence.
The victim's brother, a British police officer, travelled to Samui to assist Thai police solve the crime.
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DNA tests identify alleged killers, Horton’s murder case closed
Published on January 09, 2006
Police Monday wrapped up the investigation into the rape and murder of Welsh tourist Katherine Horton after DNA tests showed that two fishermen had raped her.
Deputy Police Commissioner-General Preophan Dhamapong said DNA samples from the two suspects matched with those extracted from semen found on the body of Horton and the two had confessed raping and killing her.
Preophan told a press conference in Bangkok that the results of the DNA tests on Bualoy Phosit, 23, and Wichai Sonkhaoyai, 24, came out Monday and confirmed the confessions of the two.
He said police would forward the case to public prosecutors to charge the two in court as soon as possible.
According to Preophan, Bualoy from Ubol Ratchathani and Wichai from Nakhon Si Thammarat were assigned to watch over their fishing boat by the boat owner on New Year Day.
The two drank and watched pornographic video and planned to rape someone.
Preaophan said the two swam ashore using small oil tanks as buoys. Coming ashore, they spotted Horton talking on a phone all alone on the beach. One of them knocked her down using the wooden handle of an umbrella beach.
They dragged her to behind a rock about 40 metres away from the spot they hit her.
After raping her, the two beat Horton, who remained unconscious, several times until they thought she might be dead. The two then dragged her body about 20 metres into the sea and they swam back to their fishing boat, Preaphan said.
"They could face the death penalty on charges of rape, premeditated murder, and hiding the body of the victim," Preophan told the press conference.
Both men were arrested before dawn Monday on Samui and brought to Bangkok pending the test results.
Horton's body was found one week ago in the sea off Samui. She was visiting the country on a short vacation before her final exams at university in Britain.
Her father and brother flew to the island last week to see the scene of the crime, and her body was repatriated on Friday.
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Published on January 09, 2006
Police Monday wrapped up the investigation into the rape and murder of Welsh tourist Katherine Horton after DNA tests showed that two fishermen had raped her.
Deputy Police Commissioner-General Preophan Dhamapong said DNA samples from the two suspects matched with those extracted from semen found on the body of Horton and the two had confessed raping and killing her.
Preophan told a press conference in Bangkok that the results of the DNA tests on Bualoy Phosit, 23, and Wichai Sonkhaoyai, 24, came out Monday and confirmed the confessions of the two.
He said police would forward the case to public prosecutors to charge the two in court as soon as possible.
According to Preophan, Bualoy from Ubol Ratchathani and Wichai from Nakhon Si Thammarat were assigned to watch over their fishing boat by the boat owner on New Year Day.
The two drank and watched pornographic video and planned to rape someone.
Preaophan said the two swam ashore using small oil tanks as buoys. Coming ashore, they spotted Horton talking on a phone all alone on the beach. One of them knocked her down using the wooden handle of an umbrella beach.
They dragged her to behind a rock about 40 metres away from the spot they hit her.
After raping her, the two beat Horton, who remained unconscious, several times until they thought she might be dead. The two then dragged her body about 20 metres into the sea and they swam back to their fishing boat, Preaphan said.
"They could face the death penalty on charges of rape, premeditated murder, and hiding the body of the victim," Preophan told the press conference.
Both men were arrested before dawn Monday on Samui and brought to Bangkok pending the test results.
Horton's body was found one week ago in the sea off Samui. She was visiting the country on a short vacation before her final exams at university in Britain.
Her father and brother flew to the island last week to see the scene of the crime, and her body was repatriated on Friday.
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