SAMUT PRAKAN: A man wanted for the murder of his wife, who was set on fire and then stabbed to death at Bang Pu Industrial Estate in Muang district on Monday, was arrested on Tuesday in adjoining Chachoengsao province.
Police identified him as Pisutsiri Chansoda, 42, from Khon Kaen's Ban Fang district. He fled the murder scene in a white Mitsubishi pickup.
Mr Pisutsiri was arrested by a team led by Pol Lt Col Tulchai Somjai, deputy chief investigator of Bang Pu police, about 10.30am. He was found in the pickup, which was parked on Theparat road near the bridge across the Bang Pakong river in Bang Pakong district of Chachoengsao.
The police had a warrant for his arrest from the Samut Prakan Court on charges of pre-meditated murder and carrying a weapon in public.
A search of the vehicle found the knife believed used to kill the woman, among other personal belongings.
Mr Pisutsiri allegedly confessed to fatally stabbing his wife Nathanan Joomfong, 45, in a jealous rage after seeing her online chat with another man.
