Thailand, the police must admit that it was a catastrophic failure releasing a serial killer after 14 years in prison. He has just been arrested again for a new murder. The police got hold of him Wednesday in a train on the way from Issan in northeast Thailand to Bangkok.
He grace of god only to ‘enjoy’ his time of freedom in seven months. It writes the AP.
Somkid Pumpuang was arrested after a nationwide manhunt was launched when he was identified as the prime suspect in the killing Sunday of a hotelansat girl in the province of Khon Kaen.
He had been given the nickname ‘Jack the Ripper from Thailand’, after he in 2005 was found guilty in the killings of five young women.
They worked as natklubentertainere and massøser – and he strangled or drowned them all five.
But in may this year, he got a sudden his freedom back.
Now, says the staff of the prison, where he served, that it is due to a failed tactic, which was the result of that he had done well, while he sat inside.
Politioberst Khajornrit Wongrat has ‘responsibility’ for the recent murders.
He says that the now deceased woman had met the man online, and he was moved in with her earlier in the month.
“She told her daughter that she was to marry the man the 15. december. It was the day, where she died. Her friend disappeared the same day,” says colonel Khajornrit.
Photos on the deceased’s Facebook of her and her friend got the police to conclude that there was talk about Somkid.
A manhunt was immediately set in motion: With a reward of 50,000 baht for information leading to his arrest – and a warning that he was very dangerous.
It immediately gave the bonus. A young couple in a train on the way to Bangkok called the police and told that he sat nearby. He was arrested, the next time the train stopped.
the Director of the prison system, Narat Sawettanan, admitted at a press conference that it was a mistake to release Somkid Pumpuang.
