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Australian arrested after Thai teen girl found dead in suitcase The family of a 17-year-old Thai ⁠girl whose body ⁠was found in a suitcase ⁠in Pattaya said they were devastated by her death, for which an Australian man has been arrested and charged with murder. Thai police said they arrested an Australian man in his 40s at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport ‌early on Saturday in connection with the killing in Pattaya, about 150km (93 miles) east of Bangkok. The suspect, identified as Simon Peter Carman, faces charges of murder, concealment of a body, moving or...

Australian Man Charged With Homicide After Thai Teen’s Body Found in Suitcase Rescue workers, police officers and forensic technicians searched an area near railway tracks on Saturday, before finding a teenager’s body, in Pattaya, Thailand.

One step the alleged killer of Thai teen found in suitcase could take to escape death penalty An Australian man accused of murdering a Thai teenager may not be able to avoid the death penalty if found guilty, even if compensation is paid to the alleged victim’s family.

Australian suspect in Thai teen murder case went about 'normal life', police allege Australian Simon Peter Carman "lived his normal life", going out, washing his clothes and talking to neighbours after allegedly murdering a teenage girl and stuffing her body inside a suitcase in Thailand, police say.

Australian man charged with murder in Thailand after teenage girl’s body found in suitcase <p>Simon Peter Carman, 46, has denied the charges against him</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>An Australian man has been charged with the murder of a teenage girl whose naked body was found in a suitcase in Thailand.</p><p>Pattaya City police told the Guardian the man, identified as Simon Peter Carman, 46, has denied the charges against him.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/28/australian-man-charged-thailand-teenage-girl-body-found-in-suitcase-pattaya-city-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>

Australian man charged with murder in Thailand over death of teen girl ... This image made from a video provided by TPBS, Australian identified as Simon Peter Carman, left, is led through a police station in Pattaya, Thailand, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (TPBS via AP) This image made from a video provided by TPBS, Australian identified as Simon Peter Carman, front left, sits in police station with officials in Pattaya, Thailand, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (TPBS via AP) This image made from a video provided by TPBS, Australian identified as Simon Peter Carman, left, is led through a police station in Pattaya, Thailand, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (TPBS via AP) BANGKOK (AP) — An Australian man was charged with murder and concealment of a body in connection with the death of a teenage girl in an eastern tourist city in Thailand, police said Tuesday. The 17-year-old girl was reported missing Friday. Police said she was last seen on security footage walking into a condominium with the suspect, Simon Peter Carman, in the popular beach city of Pattaya about 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Bangkok. Carman was later seen leaving the building alone with a large suitcase and security footage showed…

Man charged with murdering teen girl in Thailand could be connected to 2 unsolved deaths — with eerie suitcase link: cops Carman has been charged with murder, disposing of and moving a body, and procuring a minor for sex.

Australian man charged with murder in death of a girl, 17, in Thailand ... An Australian man identified as Simon Peter Carman, left, is led through a police station in Pattaya, Thailand, on June 28, 2026. (TPBS / Associated Press) By Jintamas Saksornchai June 30, 2026 9:06 AM PT 2 min Click here to listen to this article Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! Print 0:00 0:00 1x This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . Thai police have charged Australian tourist Simon Peter Carman with premeditated murder and body concealment after a 17-year-old girl vanished in Pattaya, a popular beach city. Security video reportedly shows Carman entering a condominium hand in hand with the teen, then later leaving alone, hauling a large suitcase toward a deserted area alongside the railway. Arrested at Bangkok’s airport while boarding a flight to Perth, Carman now faces rape and murder charges in a case that could carry Thailand’s death penalty. BANGKOK — An Australian man was charged with murder and concealment of a body in connection with the death of a teenage girl in an eastern…

Thailand arrests Australian after teen's body found in suitcase Media reports said the 46-year-old suspect was apprehended at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, where he was trying to purchase an airline ticket to Perth.

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Thailand police arrests Australian man after teen's body found in suitcase Thai police have arrested an Australian man after the body of a 17-year-old girl was discovered in a suitcase, authorities said Saturday.

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Simon Peter Carman walks with a 17-year-old Thai girl, whose body was found in a suitcase, at a condominium, in Pattaya City, Thailand, June 25, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Carman, an Australian man, was arrested in the suspected murder of the 17-year-old Thai girl at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport on June 27. Pattaya Provincial Police Station/Handout via REUTERS (Refiles to fix mistype in 'friend' in first paragraph and in 'being', ⁠paragraph 12) BANGKOK, June 29 (Reuters) - A 17-year-old Thai girl was on a lively strip of palm-fringed sand in the seaside city of Pattaya on ⁠Wednesday night, where a friend said she met a foreign man and struck up a conversation. In the early hours of Thursday, they returned to ‌his apartment, where she was strangled and killed, police said. Two days later, Thai police said they found the teenager's naked corpse, stuffed inside a suitcase and dumped in waist-high grass, near a railway track, a short distance away from the beachfront. At almost the same time as the body's discovery in the early hours of Saturday, Thai immigration authorities at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport apprehended a middle-aged Australian ma…

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Australian Man Arrested in Thailand Over Teen Girl's Alleged Murder ... Thai police have arrested a 46-year-old Australian man over the suspected murder of a 17-year-old girl whose body was found inside a suitcase near the resort city of Pattaya. The suspect, identified as Simon Carman, was detained on Friday evening at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport while preparing to board a flight to Perth, Australia. Immigration officers stopped him after Pattaya police alerted authorities during their investigation into the teenager's disappearance, according to areportby Al Jazeera. هذه القضية المرعبة الاكثر تداولا في تايلاند الان:رجل استرالي يدعى سيمون (46 عام) سافر الى تايلاند وهناك التقى بفتاه تدعى نونغ (17 عام) وهنا وهم يد بيد يمشون للغرفه. بعد فتره استنكر اصدقائها اختفائها المفاجئ ابغلوا الشرطة وعند فحص كاميرات المراقبة وجدوها تدخل الغرفه ولا تخرج…pic.twitter.com/vB4qtIEsP7 — Saif (@diol2n)June 27, 2026 Two Kerala Men Held After Stabbing Retired BMTC Conductor in Electronic City Police said the arrest followed a rapid investigation after the girl's friends reported her missing earlier on Friday. According to investigators, security cameras showed the 17-year-old entering a condomin…

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Family mourns teen girl found dead in suitcase in ... - Bangkok Post Thailand General Family mourns teen girl found dead in suitcase in Pattaya as Australian arrested PUBLISHED : 29 Jun 2026 at 09:43 WRITER: Reuters Small Medium Large 31 Forensic police and rescue volunteers look at the suitcase found next to a railway track in Pattaya on Friday night. It contained a dead female body of a 17-year-old girl who had been missing since Thursday. (Photo: Amporn Sangkaew) The ⁠family of a ​17-year-old Thai girl whose body was found in a suitcase in Pattaya ​said they were devastated by her ‌death, for which an Australian man has been arrested and charged with murder. Thai police said they arrested an Australian man in his 40s at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport early on Saturday in connection with ​the killing in ⁠Pattaya. The suspect, identified as Simon Peter Carman, faces charges of murder, concealment of a body, moving or ‌destroying a body, and taking a minor for sexual purposes. The victim was identified only by her first name as Thanchanok, a native of Kalasin province, according to the Bangkok Post . Police said they reviewed CCTV footage that showed Carman entering a condominium …

Australian man charged with murder after dead girl found in suitcase in Thailand The body of Tunchanok Donhomla, 17, was found discarded near a railway track on Saturday, police say.

Teen girl's body found in suitcase near train track Crime, Courts, Calamity Crime News Facebook Twitter LINE WhatsApp Pinterest ReddIt VK CHONBURI — 27 June 2026, An Australian man has been arrested after the body of a 17-year-old girl was found stuffed inside a suitcase abandoned near railway tracks in Pattaya, following an investigation into her disappearance. Police said the victim’s friend filed a missing person report after losing contact with the teenager for more than 24 hours, fearing she had come to harm. Investigators reviewing CCTV footage found that at 03:34 on 25 June 2026 , the girl was seen holding hands with an Australian man as they entered a condominium on Jomtien Second Road. The pair went to a room on the 15th floor, but the girl was never seen leaving the building. Another CCTV camera later captured the man at 21:34 the same day dragging a black suitcase out of the condominium before loading it onto a red Yamaha Aerox motorcycle. He rode along Sukhumvit Road, turned into Soi Chaiyaphruek 2 and continued against traffic along a road beside the railway tracks. Advertisement Police said the man disappeared from CCTV coverage for more than nine minutes before retu…

Australian man, 46, arrested for alleged murder of 17-year-old Thai ... PATTAYA, Thailand — Authorities apprehended a 46-year-old Australian man at Suvarnabhumi Airport as he attempted to leave the country, suspected of involvement in the brutal murder of a 17-year-old Thai girl. The victim’s body was found crammed inside a black suitcase and abandoned near railway tracks in Pattaya. Despite damning CCTV evidence, the accused has denied any role in the crime and maintains his innocence. Identified as Simon Peter Carman by Thai police, the suspect was detained around 7:00 PM on June 26, 2026, while purchasing a ticket to return to Australia. He now faces charges that include abducting a minor under the age of 18 for indecent purposes. The teenage victim, referred to as Miss T from Kalasin province, was last seen entering a condominium on Jomtien Second Road at around 3:34 AM on June 25 alongside Carman. CCTV footage showed them holding hands as they entered Room 20 on the 15th floor. Tragically, she was never observed leaving the building alive. Hours later, at approximately 9:34 PM, security cameras captured Carman leaving the condominium dragging a large black suitcase. He loaded…

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Thailand’s suitcase murder raises safety fears as Pattaya mourns for teen victim Just days after she last saw a teenager, known to her friends as Cake, on Pattaya Beach, Ning began to realise the unfolding horrors that shocked Thailand. The body of the 17-year-old was found on Saturday, placed inside a black suitcase and dumped in scrubland next to a railway track. “I would see her often. I didn’t realise she was still just a child,’’ Ning, 22, told This Week in Asia, giving an alias. “Her murder breaks my heart.’’ Australian national Simon Peter Carman, 45, has been charged...

Australian man arrested after Thai teen girl found dead in suitcase - CNN Rescue workers recover a suitcase from a grassy area near a railway track, in which police later found the body of a 17-year-old Thai girl, in Pattaya City, Thailand, on June 27, 2026. Teerasak Suttativong/Reuters Oceania Crime Asia See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! Follow Bangkok Reuters — The family of a 17-year-old Thai girl whose body was found in a suitcase in Pattaya said they were devastated by her death, for which an Australian man has been arrested and charged with murder. Thai police said they arrested an Australian man in his 40s at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport early on Saturday in connection with the killing in Pattaya, about 150 km (93 miles) east of Bangkok. The suspect, identified as Simon Peter Carman, faces charges of murder, concealment of a body, moving or destroying a body, and taking a minor for sexual purposes. Thai police said they reviewed CCTV footage that showed Carman entering a condominium with the girl, then leaving alone hours later carrying a suitcase. In a post on its official Facebook page, police said he loaded the suitcase onto a motorcycle and…

Friend of Thai teen allegedly murdered by Australian man went to his condo after reporting her missing <p>Security footage images show a friend went to Simon Peter Carman’s apartment in Pattaya, Thailand after reporting Thunchanok Donhomla missing </p><p>The friend of the 17-year-old girl allegedly murdered in Thailand reported her missing to police and then visited the condo of the Australian man charged over her death.</p><p>Security footage images obtained by the Guardian shows the friend at the apartment of Simon Peter Carman. The footage is time stamped 1.49pm on Friday 26 June, although it is not clear whether the time stamp was added manually.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/01/missing-thai-teen-thunchanok-donhomla-allegedly-murdered-australian-man-simon-peter-thailand-friend-went-to-his-condo-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>

Man accused of killing Thai teen found in suitcase charged with murder: report Two days later, Thai police said they found the teenager's naked corpse, stuffed inside a suitcase and dumped in waist-high grass, near a railway track, a short distance away from the beachfront.

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Australian man arrested in Thailand after 17-year-old’s body found in suitcase <p>The 46-year-old was stopped at about 9.30pm on Friday while preparing to board a Jetstar flight to Perth, according to police and local media</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>An Australian man has been arrested at a Thai airport in connection with the alleged murder of a 17-year-old girl whose naked body was found in a suitcase, according to local police.</p><p>The man<strong>, </strong>46, was stopped at about 9.30pm on Friday while preparing to travel on a Jetstar flight to Perth, according to local media.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/27/australian-man-arrested-in-thailand-after-17-year-olds-body-found-in-suitcase">Continue reading...</a>

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Australian man charged with murder after Thai girl’s body found in suitcase Simon Peter Carman has been charged with murder after the body of 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla was found in a suitcase

Australian arrested after teenage girl's body found in a suitcase in Thailand An Australian man is in custody after the body of a teenage girl was found in a suitcase in Thailand.

Australian arrested in Thailand after body of teen girl found in ... BANGKOK, June 27 — Thai police have arrested an Australian man after the body of a 17-year-old girl was discovered in a suitcase, authorities said today. The suspect, who denies involvement in the teenager’s alleged abduction and murder, was taken into custody after an interrogation, a police official in the resort city of Pattaya told AFP. Investigators were awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination and “other evidence” in the case before filing charges, the official said. The charges could include child abduction, murder, hiding a corpse and “abduction of a minor for sexual purposes”, added the official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity. Media reports said the 46-year-old suspect was apprehended yesterday at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, where he was trying to purchase an airline ticket to Perth in Australia. CCTV footage showed the suspect entering a condo in the seaside resort of Pattaya in the early hours of Thursday along with the 17-year-old Thai girl, according to the reports. He emerged from the building several hours later, the reports said, carrying a large black suitcase whic…

Thai family mourns teen girl found dead in suitcase as Australian arrested The suspect, identified as Simon Peter Carman, faces charges of murder, concealment of a body, moving or destroying a body, and taking a minor for sexual purposes.

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Australian man confesses to killing teen girl and hiding body Crime, Courts, Calamity Crime News Facebook Twitter LINE WhatsApp Pinterest ReddIt VK CHONBURI — 27 June 2026, An Australian man has confessed to killing a 17-year-old girl in Pattaya before stuffing her body into a suitcase and dumping it near railway tracks, police said on 27 June 2026. At 09:00, Pattaya City Police investigators brought Simon Peter Carman, 46, an Australian national, in for further questioning after he was arrested in connection with the death of Thanchanok Donhomlao, 17, from Kalasin province. The victim was found dead in a suitcase abandoned in a grass area beside railway tracks in the Khao Makok area, about 4.2 kilometres from a condominium on Jomtien Second Road where the incident allegedly took place. Police said the suspect initially fled the scene and attempted to leave Thailand via Suvarnabhumi Airport, but was intercepted and detained before departure. The Pattaya Provincial Court had earlier issued an arrest warrant on charges related to taking a minor under 18 from parental custody for indecent purposes. Advertisement During interrogation, with a lawyer and interpreter present, the suspect…

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Thai teen's friend confronted accused killer Simon Carman at filthy ... Play Video Thai police probe links to suitcase murders Video Icon Australian man Simon Carman faces murder charges in Thailand for the alleged killing of 17-year-old Thunchanok Donhomla, whose body was found in a suitcase. Thai teen’s friend confronted accused killer Simon Carman at filthy apartment in search for Tunchanok Donhomla Brooke Rolfe PerthNow 1 July 2026, 9:49am Copy link Share story New images have shown the moment a concerned friend of Thai teenager Tunchanok Donhomla confronted the West Australian man accused of murdering her the day her body was found in a suitcase dumped near a train track. The young anonymous woman is shown at Simon Peter Carman’s filthy apartment in Pataya, while the body of her 17-year-old friend, who she knew as Nong Cake, was yet to be discovered in a tall grass about 4km away. Mr Carman, 45, is facing charges including murder, moving or destroying a corpse, concealing a corpse and abduction of a child for indecent purpose. If convicted, he could face a penalty of death by lethal injection. In the photos, obtained by ABC from local authorities, the unknown teen is shown wi…

Tourist, 46, arrested as body of girl, 17, found stuffed inside ... Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A 46-YEAR-OLD tourist has been arrested after the body of a 17-year-old girl was found stuffed in a suitcase and dumped by train tracks. Simon Carman, 45, was cuffed after footage showed a man matching his description wheeling a black suitcase out of a Thai hotel just hours after he checked in alongside teen Tunchanok Donhomla. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! 6 Tunchanok Donhomla, 17, was found stuffed inside a suitcase in Thailand Credit: AsiaPacificPress via ViralPress 6 Chilling CCTV shows the teen entering a hotel room with a man hours before the 17-year-old was found dead Credit: AsiaPacificPress via ViralPress Advertisement 6 Simon Carman, 45, Victoria, has been arrested on suspicion of the girl’s murder Credit: AsiaPacificPress via ViralPress 6 CCTV showed the Aussie tourist wheeling a black suitcase that cops said matched the one Tunchanok was found in Credit: AsiaPacificPress via ViralPress Carman allegedly picked up Tunchanok from the Beach Road vice strip in Pattaya in the early hours of Thursday morning. The A…

Watch: Australian goes to Thailand hotel with minor, comes out with body in suitcase An Australian man, Simon Peter Carman, has been charged with the murder of a 17-year-old Thai girl in Pattaya. Her body was discovered in a suitcase near a railway line. CCTV footage reportedly shows Carman leaving a condominium with the suitcase before abandoning it. He was arrested attempting to flee the country and denies all charges, claiming the girl became 'crazy' and threatened him.

Police reveal final messages of Thai teenager before she was ... - SBS World Police reveal final messages of Thai teenager before she was allegedly killed by Australian Police colonel Anek Srathongyoo has given detailed information on the case of an Australian man charged with murder in Thailand. The police chief has said cases of this nature are usually wrapped in less than three months. Source: AAP, EPA / Amporn Sangkaew IN BRIEF Australian man Simon Peter Carman has been charged with murder over the death of a teenager in Thailand. Police allege the man in his 40s strangled the 17-year-old and dumped her body in a suitcase. Thai teenager Tunchanok Donhomla texted her friends that she was safe just hours before she died, the Thai police chief overseeing the case of a 46-year-old Australian man charged with murder in the country has told SBS News. Simon Peter Carman, from the Victorian town of Ballarat, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly trying to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was charged with murder after the body of Donhomla,17, was found stuffed into a black suitcase and left beside a railway line in the …

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Australian Man Arrested After Teen Girl's Body Is Discovered in ... Up next Published on 27 June 2026 Author Internewscast Share article The post has been shared by 0 people. Facebook 0 X (Twitter) 0 Pinterest 0 Mail 0 An Australian man has been taken into custody in connection with the alleged murder of a teenage girl in Thailand, after authorities reportedly discovered her naked body concealed inside a suitcase. Tunchanok Donhomla, 17, was reportedly last seen shortly after 3.30am on Thursday entering a hotel in Pattaya, the seaside city on Thailand’s Gulf coast, according to local media. Security footage viewed by Thai outlet Buzzin Pattaya allegedly shows the teenager, who was from Thailand’s Kalasin province, walking hand-in-hand with a man believed to be Simon Carman, 46, from Ballarat in Victoria. Investigators allege Carman picked up Ms Tunchanok from Pattaya’s Beach Road red-light district in the early hours of Thursday morning. Friends said they were unable to contact her after that and filed a missing person report at about 5pm local time on Friday. Police later told Viral Press that officers found blood on the floor of the hotel room during a search. Carman was arreste…

Simon Peter Carman walks with a 17-year-old Thai girl, whose body was found in a suitcase, at a condominium, in Pattaya City, Thailand, June 25, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Carman, an Australian man, was arrested in the suspected murder of the 17-year-old Thai girl at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport on June 27. Pattaya Provincial Police Station/Handout via REUTERS (Refiles to fix mistype in 'friend' in first paragraph and in 'being', ⁠paragraph 12) BANGKOK, June 29 (Reuters) - A 17-year-old Thai girl was on a lively strip of palm-fringed sand in the seaside city of Pattaya on ⁠Wednesday night, where a friend said she met a foreign man and struck up a conversation. In the early hours of Thursday, they returned to ‌his apartment, where she was strangled and killed, police said. Two days later, Thai police said they found the teenager's naked corpse, stuffed inside a suitcase and dumped in waist-high grass, near a railway track, a short distance away from the beachfront. At almost the same time as the body's discovery in the early hours of Saturday, Thai immigration authorities at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport apprehended a middle-aged Australian ma…

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Australian man arrested after Thai teen girl found dead in suitcase Rescue workers recover a suitcase from a grassy area near a railway track, in which police later found the body of a 17-year-old Thai girl, in Pattaya City, Thailand, on June 27, 2026. Teerasak Suttativong/Reuters Oceania Crime Asia See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! Follow Bangkok Reuters — The family of a 17-year-old Thai girl whose body was found in a suitcase in Pattaya said they were devastated by her death, for which an Australian man has been arrested and charged with murder. Thai police said they arrested an Australian man in his 40s at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport early on Saturday in connection with the killing in Pattaya, about 150 km (93 miles) east of Bangkok. The suspect, identified as Simon Peter Carman, faces charges of murder, concealment of a body, moving or destroying a body, and taking a minor for sexual purposes. Thai police said they reviewed CCTV footage that showed Carman entering a condominium with the girl, then leaving alone hours later carrying a suitcase. In a post on its official Facebook page, police said he loaded the suitcase onto a motorcycle and rode …

Cops arrest man covered in scratch marks after dead 17-year-old girl found in suitcase A man has been arrested over the murder of a teenage girl whose naked body was found inside a suitcase alongside a railway line in Thailand.

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…

Australian man charged with murder after girl found dead in suitcase in Thailand The 17-year-old's body was found discarded near a railway track on Saturday, police say.

An Australian man has been charged with murder in Thailand after the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed in a suitcase by railroad tracks. The man, named by local police as Simon Peter Carman, was arrested at Bangkok's main international airport on Friday evening while allegedly attempting to leave the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth. He was detained after the body of the teenager was found in a black suitcase next to a railway in the resort town of Pattaya, according to local media. The man denied involvement initially, according to The Pattaya News, but later claimed to have acted in self-defence when the teenager allegedly threatened him with a kitchen knife during an argument. In footage recorded by police, Carman expressed regret to the girl's family while also denying he killed the 17-year-old. "I feel bad for what happened to your daughter - it was out of my control," he said. "It shouldn't happen. Please tell other girls just to be careful." Thai and Australian outlets have identified the man as a 46-year-old from Ballarat. CCTV footage published by local media shows the pair entering a residential complex in the early hours of June 25. Camera footage als…