Case File - 002 - Somkhid Phumphuang
Number of victims: 5
Date of murders: January-June 2005
Date of arrest: June 29, 2005
Date of birth: 1964
Victims profile:
Warunee Pimpabutr, 25
Pongphan Sapchai, 34
Patcharee Amataniran, 38
Porntawan Pangkhabutr, 37
Sompong Pimpornpirom, 36
Method of murder: Drowning - Strangulation
Location: Thailand
Status: Sentenced to death on March 2, 2010
Somkhid killed five masseuses and sex workers, he was finally sentenced to death in 8 March, 2010 after having twice been given a life sentence already.
Somkhid, a juvenile delinquent, who was raised by his uncle after the early death of his parents, had led a life of crime since being thrown out of school for theft. Following school, he found work in a wood factory by his uncle, but was sacked for stealing Bt50,000. In addition, Somkhid framed a local businessman, giving false testimony in court, which resulted in the victim being jailed for six years. The victim swore to kill Somkhid in revenge when he was released. Somkhid, himself, served a four-year jail sentence for robbery. He has also been involved in drug and arms trading in Esarn.
Somkhid apparently had a penchant for staying in large hotels on his itinerant travels and successfully evaded the police by losing himself in large crowds. His evasion was also helped by assuming a number of aliases, including Daeng Phumpuang, Suwat Chanarong, Suchart Kingkaew and Narong Nilnet.
His first murder was apparently carried out 6 years previously in Mukdahan on January 30, 2004, when Warunee Pimpabutr, 25, a cabaret singer had been found drowned in a hotel room bathtub. The hotel’s register showed that Somkid had rented the room where the murder was committed, and he was also positively identified from a police photograph.
All information on this page was taken from (http://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/phumphuang-somkhid.htm)
Date of murders: January-June 2005
Date of arrest: June 29, 2005
Date of birth: 1964
Victims profile:
Warunee Pimpabutr, 25
Pongphan Sapchai, 34
Patcharee Amataniran, 38
Porntawan Pangkhabutr, 37
Sompong Pimpornpirom, 36
Method of murder: Drowning - Strangulation
Location: Thailand
Status: Sentenced to death on March 2, 2010
Somkhid killed five masseuses and sex workers, he was finally sentenced to death in 8 March, 2010 after having twice been given a life sentence already.
Somkhid, a juvenile delinquent, who was raised by his uncle after the early death of his parents, had led a life of crime since being thrown out of school for theft. Following school, he found work in a wood factory by his uncle, but was sacked for stealing Bt50,000. In addition, Somkhid framed a local businessman, giving false testimony in court, which resulted in the victim being jailed for six years. The victim swore to kill Somkhid in revenge when he was released. Somkhid, himself, served a four-year jail sentence for robbery. He has also been involved in drug and arms trading in Esarn.
Somkhid apparently had a penchant for staying in large hotels on his itinerant travels and successfully evaded the police by losing himself in large crowds. His evasion was also helped by assuming a number of aliases, including Daeng Phumpuang, Suwat Chanarong, Suchart Kingkaew and Narong Nilnet.
His first murder was apparently carried out 6 years previously in Mukdahan on January 30, 2004, when Warunee Pimpabutr, 25, a cabaret singer had been found drowned in a hotel room bathtub. The hotel’s register showed that Somkid had rented the room where the murder was committed, and he was also positively identified from a police photograph.
All information on this page was taken from (http://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/phumphuang-somkhid.htm)