For me the motive was/is clear.........
Up until about 8 moths ago, he had a number of her family members living on the property, two of whom were employed by him. This arrangement eventually started getting out of control and he asked them to leave, apart from the two who were working for him (his wife's BIL and his wife).
My mates wife had begun drinking heavily, and heated arguments became increasingly frequent. Myself and my kids actually witnessed a few such arguments on different occasions when we were visiting. Eventually, my mate got sick of it and he didn't want his kids to be exposed to this so he gave his wife an option - quit drinking of get out. She moved out and moved in with some friends of hers in Bangkok.
Her brother and his wife continued to work for my mate, earning 32,000 baht p/m between them for cleaning the home and maintaining the grounds. They had free private accommodation on the property; full and free use of both cars including petrol; free food and groceries; free electric and etc. The BIL in my mind was not worth the wage he got since he spent more time making and eating food than he did working.
Eventually he started clashing with my friend, accusing my friend of expecting too much. After a big argument one day, him and his wife quit and left, only to return a few days later asking for their jobs back. My mate agreed but on condition that they find their own place to stay, and that they work fixed hours as is normal with most jobs.
About two months ago his wife asked if she could come back because she was missing hr kids, and he agree. However, it was clear when my kids and I went down there a short while ago that their relationship was definitely over, and the two of them barely even spoke. She was still drinking, and doing absolutely nothing in and around the house; no cooking; no cleaning; nothing at all. On the few times that they did talk to each other, she came across as being VERY cold, and it is something I even discussed with him the one night.
I believe the situation reached a point where her and her brother simply decided that it was time for him to go. Why should this one farang have everything to himself? If he wasn't there, all the family could move back in and everyone would be happy. Obviously they knew that he was not going to just walk away from about 30 million bath worth of property (1 huge mansion; 1 very nice house; and 6 rubber farms). He had in fact told me in front of his family that they would have to kill him if they wanted his main home and/or his kids. He was willing to give them everything else apart from the main property and the children.
To me it is clear that he was a thorn in their sides, and with him out of the picture they would all stand to gain from it.
Her reason for killing him, according to the Thai news..............
He was always drinking and drunk (bullshit) and he sexually abused her on an almost daily basis (bullshit, he had no interest in her at all). She also alleges that he was sexually abusing his one daughter.
If you knew him, you would realize just how absurd such accusations are, almost to the point of being laughable. However, when you're facing a murder charge, I think it's only to be expected that she will need to try and justify her actions in some way.
Anyway, that's all I know right, but I will post if anything else comes to light.
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