Australian Man Charged With Murder After 17-Year-Old Found Dead in Suitcase in Pattaya

Abc reported that Australian man Simon Peter Carman, 45, was arrested days after the body of 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla was found in a suitcase beside a railway line near Pattaya's floating market. He was charged with murder, concealing a body, moving or destroying a body, and taking a minor for sexual purposes.

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On 25 June 2026. She arrived at his rented condo roughly 90 minutes later, according to text messages with a friend who had filmed her walking away with him. Her naked body was later recovered from the suitcase.

Tunchanok Donhomla grew up in Kalasin, about 500 kilometres from Pattaya. She told her family she was traveling to the coastal city for a holiday. Her father, Thongchai Donhomla, said he believes she went to sightsee rather than for sex work.

Thongchai Donhomla stated that the family wants the legal process to take its course and does not want compensation from the accused. "Even though I am poor, I will not trade my daughter's dignity for money," he said. " Mee Boonsert added that she would not have allowed the trip if she had known what would happen.

Tunchanok Donhomla's body was returned to Kalasin and cremated at a local monastery. Hundreds of people attended the funeral service there. Her family later held a smaller ceremony to inter her ashes in a memorial wall at a Buddhist temple.