A 46-year-old Australian man is facing the death penalty in Thailand after police found the body of a 17-year-old girl stuffed inside a black suitcase near a railway line in Pattaya. Officers arrested the suspect, named as Simon Peter Carman, at an airport terminal as he allegedly tried to buy a ticket back to Australia following the discovery.
The case began after friends of the teenager, identified as Thanchanok Donhom and known publicly as Nong, reported her missing when she failed to return from a hotel meeting with the suspect. Detectives reviewed hotel CCTV, which they say showed the pair walking hand in hand into a rented room before Carman was later seen emerging alone, dragging a heavy piece of luggage.
