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Man suspected of raping stepdaughter found dead in police cell

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Rescue workers inspect the cell where a rape suspect was found hanged, at the Chat Trakan police station in Phitsanulok on Wednesday morning. (Photo: Chinnawat Singha)

PHITSANULOK - A 42-year-old man was found dead in a cell at a police station on Wednesday after being arrested the night before for allegedly raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter.

Somjit Kaewjampa, a native of Khon Kaen province, was found dead at 5am on Wednesday in the Chat Trakan police station. A torn blanket was tied around his neck and fastened to a bar of his cell.

Police said Somjit had used a knife to force his 14-year-old stepdaughter to a hut in a forest in tambon Tha Sa Kae on Saturday. After the girl messaged her elder brother for help, police came to rescue her but her attacker had fled the scene.

On Tuesday evening local residents and village security volunteers captured Somjit in a forest in Nakhon Thai district. He was the bought to the Chat Trakan police station.

The investigation into the death is continuing.

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