Crime
Nigerian man flees Thailand after killing jeweller in hotel room
A Nigerian man identified as John Odoemenam but uses a fake South African passport with the name, Mzwakhe Memela, has been declared wanted after allegedly killing a Thai woman whose body was found in a Bangkok hotel on Sunday.
Thai police said Odoemenam was seen in security camera footage leaving the room of Susama Ruenrit, 35, from Kanchanaburi, on Sunday morning. Her lifeless body was later found by a staff.
Hotel receptionist, Payu Srikhung, said he and other staff checked the room at noon on Sunday, after Susama failed to pay her bills. The deceased did not answer the door, so Payu used a spare key and found the body wrapped in a sheet.
She had been hit on the head. Police said the jeweler checked into the hotel at 9.50pm on Saturday before going out and returning at 4am. The security cameras show Odoemenam entering her room at 8am Sunday and leaving at 8.45.
He is seen walking towards the elevator while staring at Susama’s room. Police suspect that the suspect went to the room to cut a deal involving jewellery but when negotiations went wrong, he struck and killed her.
He was said to have fled to Hong Kong immediately after committing the crime because he knows the Hong Kong doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Thailand.
-
News18 hours ago
Unknown gunmen kidnap four in Abuja community
-
Politics15 hours ago
May Day: Edo LP guber candidate Akpata vows to prioritize welfare
-
Metro17 hours ago
FG offers free train rides on Port Harcourt-Aba railway
-
News18 hours ago
Adeleke boasts of loan-free tenure 16 months into Osun administration
-
News14 hours ago
19 dead as highway collapse in Guandong, China
-
News16 hours ago
May Day: Akpabio assures workers of improved welfare
-
Metro16 hours ago
16 die as overspeeding bus crashes into fence
-
News14 hours ago
Nigerian-trained general appointed Liberia’s top security chief