National media report the death of the Colombian doctor Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, 44 years old, who traveled to Thailand to enjoy the famous full moon parties.
But this old woman had a tragic end. This Friday, August 4, they found his body dismembered inside black bags in a landfill. This was reported by the Bangkok Post newspaper.
The macabre discovery occurred when garbage collectors found parts of the dismembered body of the doctor, who was notHe was born in Lorica, and lived in Montería.
So far the causes of the crime are unknown, but the Thai authorities have already captured a Spanish citizen, identified as Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, 29 years old.
The doctor, who lived in the El Recreo neighborhood of Montería, had reserved a hotel on that island from July 31 to August 3. In that place he met the young Spaniard and then he was reported missing.
Catch Details
The Thai police have assured EFE that a Spanish citizen has pleaded guilty to the murder and dismemberment of a Colombian surgeon in Koh Phangan (southern Thailand).
The Spaniard, identified by the police as Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, 29, was being questioned since Friday by the Thai police, who say he has confessed to the crime and has revealed that he killed the Colombian, Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, 44. years, out of “jealousy” and fear that “he would cheat on me”.
The name of the alleged perpetrator of the crime provided by the police coincides with that of the son of the actor Rodolfo Sancho, grandson of the actor Sancho Gracia, as well as the photographs provided by the Thai police.
EFE has unsuccessfully tried to contact the actor’s representative.
Sancho had been questioned since Friday by the Thai police, after he himself reported the disappearance of his friend, who supposedly arrived on the island a day earlier, at a Kho Phangan police station on Thursday night.
Sancho’s visa has been revoked and evidence against him is expected to be presented before a judge to order his arrest, something that could happen in the next few hours.
According to what the police sources told EFE, the young man must now accompany the police to the places where he supposedly threw different parts of the Colombian’s dismembered body, including the sea.
gruesome find
A garbage collector had discovered a severed pelvis and human intestines hidden in a bag of fertilizer dumped at a dump on the tourist island on Thursday, prompting police to begin investigating a possible murder.
During a new search at the same dump on Friday, more human remains were found, including a bag containing two parts of lower limbs, along with a T-shirt and shorts, local media reported.
The Thai police have not yet identified the body and had previously told EFE that they were looking for the rest of the members, especially the head.
After these discoveries, the police had decided this Friday to question the Spaniard as a suspect, also after noticing that he showed cuts and scratches on his body when he had gone to the police station to report the disappearance.
Security cameras
Likewise, the police told EFE that the Spaniard was captured by the security cameras earlier this week buying knives, a saw and garbage bags, and that they have searched his accommodation on the island located in the Gulf of Thailand and known for its full moon parties
The full moon parties, which bring together thousands of young people from all over the world, took place last week on one of the island’s beaches.
According to the Bangkok Post newspaper, citing sources of the investigation, the two men had arranged to travel and meet in Koh Phangan, where the alleged victim had reserved a room in a hotel from July 31 to August 3.
Images from island security cameras collected by local media show the two on a motorcycle on August 2.
