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Thai Man Kills Lover, Decapitates Her Child

5-year-old stuffed into four plastic bags

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 14, 2009 4:55 AM CDT
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(Newser) – A man in Bangkok has confessed to murdering his lover and then shooting and dismembering her 5-year-old child, setting off a media frenzy in Thailand. The child's body parts were found in a deserted housing project, stuffed into four separate plastic bags. They were discovered by a garbage man on Monday, who first opened the bag that contained the head. The suspect, who police allowed to hold a press conference, said he committed the murders after his lover pressured him to kill one of her ex-husbands.

Siriphong Kanchannaniwitt holds a fake gun for crime reenactment in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. The reenactment was part of his confession.
Siriphong Kanchannaniwitt holds a fake gun for crime reenactment in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. The reenactment was part of his confession.   (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thai authorities charged Siriphong with premeditated murder after he confessed to killing and dismembering the body of a 5-year-old half-Japanese boy and fatally shooting his Thai mother.
Thai authorities charged Siriphong with premeditated murder after he confessed to killing and dismembering the body of a 5-year-old half-Japanese boy and fatally shooting his Thai mother.   (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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yummines
Oct 15, 2009 12:59 PM CDT
it might be that people are starting to have looser morals. because back then there was something called chivalry, which practically does not exist nowadays (especially in crowded urban areas). crimes against children are the utmost highest in the degree of immorality, therefore it seems people are becoming more immoral.
prowlerzee
Oct 15, 2009 3:03 AM CDT
Good question, Silverbow. Maybe men should speak up and reject it as the ultimate unmanly act. But, as you see, the initial reaction of most men is to find some way to blame the women.
prowlerzee
Oct 15, 2009 3:01 AM CDT
It has nothing to do with one particular religion and everything to do with one particular gender. Just another typical male terrorist, but I see that both the writer and the first commenter tried to blame women.

 
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