{"id":22490,"date":"2026-06-28T15:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/everything-about-him-was-slow-inside-the-quiet-thai-life-of-suitcase-murder-suspect\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T15:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:41:21","slug":"everything-about-him-was-slow-inside-the-quiet-thai-life-of-suitcase-murder-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/everything-about-him-was-slow-inside-the-quiet-thai-life-of-suitcase-murder-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Everything about him was slow\u2019: Inside the quiet Thai life of suitcase murder suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div data-testid=\"ad-sticky-container\" class=\"sc-37562b78-0 iLENDS\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 evuabm adWrapper noPrint sc-1c01c11e-0 jLbRED\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"sc-ad76bc40-0 fNDZoQ\">\n<div class=\"sc-5cbbddda-0 hjlPcO\">\n<div data-testid=\"article-author\" class=\"sc-5cbbddda-1 hPBdKJ\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"article-datetime\" class=\"sc-5cbbddda-5 hxoHkT\"><span class=\"sc-a243f860-0 gjmXPs\"><time data-testid=\"storytile-timestamp\" datetime=\"2026-06-28T19:50:55+10:00\">June 28, 2026<!-- --> &mdash; 7:50pm<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-7132c98c-0 efdRpd noPrint\" data-testid=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"sc-7132c98c-1 iddmiW\">\n<div class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-0 kbEYga\" readability=\"6.3137254901961\"><button aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Save article to read later\" role=\"switch\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-1 kmQlMe\"><svg fill=\"none\" height=\"24\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" class=\"sc-d1b14060-0 TUyao\"><path d=\"M5.75 4C5.75 3.86193 5.86193 3.75 6 3.75H18C18.1381 3.75 18.25 3.86193 18.25 4L18.25 19.7709L12.8004 16.9682C12.2981 16.7099 11.7019 16.7099 11.1996 16.9682L5.75 19.7709L5.75 4Z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-2 gaKrMl\">Save<\/span><\/button>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sc-ba6ddcd9-0 kskMyR sc-d1b14060-3 cpmcTK\" role=\"tooltip\" readability=\"8.0816326530612\">\n<p class=\"sc-d1b14060-4 JmUoF\">You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n<p>Remove items from your saved list to add more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button aria-label=\"Set font size to normal\" aria-pressed=\"true\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 yiNod\">A<\/button><button aria-label=\"Set font size to larger\" aria-pressed=\"false\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 frqtnv\">A<\/button><button aria-label=\"Set font size to very large\" aria-pressed=\"false\" class=\"sc-f7fd8257-1 frqrHP\">A<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<aside class=\"sc-6f94ac39-6 esmrVF\"><\/aside>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"18\">\n<p><strong>Warning: Graphic content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jomtien, Thailand<\/strong>: News that Australian man Simon Peter Carman had been charged with murdering a Thai teenager and stuffing her body into a suitcase came as a shock to the people who knew him at the Jomtien condominium complex he had called home for months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Not that he was always particularly easy, according to a woman who worked nearby and spoke with him regularly. &ldquo;He was wanting his own way,&rdquo; she said, asking to remain anonymous to speak freely.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-4820f69c-1 ZrhPA\"><button aria-label=\"enlarge image\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-5 dyWwUw\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.898%2C$multiply_0.9841%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_71%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.898%2C$multiply_1.9683%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_71%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.898%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_71%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.898%2C$multiply_2.0317%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_71%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Australian man Simon Peter Carman, 46, was arrested on Friday night at Bangkok airport in Thailand.&nbsp;\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.898,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_71,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,e_sharpen:60,f_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.898%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_71%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.898%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_71%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><svg viewbox=\"0 0 38 38\" height=\"38px\" width=\"38px\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-4 iMiYlW\"><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 22.029383, 7.619553)\"><path d=\"M1 8l6.36396103-6.36396103M8 7V1H2\"><\/path><\/g><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 7.0731, 21.523087)\"><path d=\"M8 1L1.63603897 7.36396103M1 2v6h6\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/p><\/button><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>Australian man Simon Peter Carman, 46, was arrested on Friday night at Bangkok airport in Thailand.&nbsp;<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Nine News<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;He seemed a bit abnormal to me because he speaks slowly and looks at things for a long time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>&ldquo;But he lived like a normal expat here, going swimming, ordering food and eating out. I noticed that when he couldn&rsquo;t sleep at night, he liked to go walking along the beach.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Carman had been living at the Rimhad Jomtien, a 20-minute drive south of the busy metropolis of Pattaya, for about eight months, according to another woman, who spoke with him almost daily.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-4820f69c-1 jtDZiB\"><button aria-label=\"enlarge image\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-5 dyWwUw\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.615%2C$multiply_1.2063%2C$ratio_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_18%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.615%2C$multiply_2.4127%2C$ratio_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_18%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.615%2C$multiply_1.1587%2C$ratio_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_18%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.615%2C$multiply_2.3175%2C$ratio_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_18%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thanchanok Donhomla, 17, whose body was found in a suitcase in Jontien, Thailand.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.615,%24multiply_1.545,%24ratio_0.666667,%24width_378,%24x_18,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.615%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_18%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.615%2C$multiply_3.0899%2C$ratio_0.666667%2C$width_378%2C$x_18%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 bRhmzR\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><svg viewbox=\"0 0 38 38\" height=\"38px\" width=\"38px\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-4 iMiYlW\"><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 22.029383, 7.619553)\"><path d=\"M1 8l6.36396103-6.36396103M8 7V1H2\"><\/path><\/g><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 7.0731, 21.523087)\"><path d=\"M8 1L1.63603897 7.36396103M1 2v6h6\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/p><\/button><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>Thanchanok Donhomla, 17, whose body was found in a suitcase in Jontien, Thailand.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>She said she never knew him to be particularly aggressive, though she would sometimes hear his stories about getting angry with drunk people making a fuss in the building.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Drunk people can be very rude, so that [reaction] is just normal,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;When I heard the news, I couldn&rsquo;t believe it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"31.376991150442\">\n<p>Carman, 45, is accused of picking up Thanchanok Donhomla, 17, at about 3am on Thursday from the beach at Jomtien and taking her back to his room on the 15th floor. After speaking, &ldquo;both parties agreed to engage in sexual services&rdquo;, according to the official police report, seen by this masthead. Eighteen hours later, only one of them walked out, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Police allege Carman put the teenager&rsquo;s body into a suitcase before driving about 4 kilometres on a motorbike and dumping it in long grass. The grisly discovery of the suitcase was made in the early hours of Saturday, hours after Carman was apprehended at Bangkok&rsquo;s Suvarnabhumi Airport.<\/p>\n<p>He faces three charges: murder, concealment of a body and moving or destroying a body, and taking a minor for indecent acts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-4820f69c-1 ZrhPA\"><button aria-label=\"enlarge image\" type=\"button\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-5 dyWwUw\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.132%2C$multiply_0.9841%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_31\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a44fc0e44127ba046e7d4ca5f6253b0240f15b55, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.132%2C$multiply_1.9683%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_31\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a44fc0e44127ba046e7d4ca5f6253b0240f15b55 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.132%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_31\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a44fc0e44127ba046e7d4ca5f6253b0240f15b55, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.132%2C$multiply_2.0317%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_31\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a44fc0e44127ba046e7d4ca5f6253b0240f15b55 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The door to the room where residents say Simon Peter Carman had been staying. There is no crime scene tape, or anything to suggest something awful happened there, just a bow that might be stuck on top of a present.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.132,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_31\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/a44fc0e44127ba046e7d4ca5f6253b0240f15b55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.132%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_31\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a44fc0e44127ba046e7d4ca5f6253b0240f15b55, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.132%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_31\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/a44fc0e44127ba046e7d4ca5f6253b0240f15b55 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><svg viewbox=\"0 0 38 38\" height=\"38px\" width=\"38px\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-4 iMiYlW\"><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 22.029383, 7.619553)\"><path d=\"M1 8l6.36396103-6.36396103M8 7V1H2\"><\/path><\/g><g stroke=\"#F4F5F7\" stroke-width=\"2\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" transform=\"matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 7.0731, 21.523087)\"><path d=\"M8 1L1.63603897 7.36396103M1 2v6h6\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/p><\/button><figcaption data-testid=\"figure-caption\" class=\"sc-4820f69c-0 SuAZY\"><span>The door to the room where residents say Simon Peter Carman had been staying. There is no crime scene tape, or anything to suggest something awful happened there, just a bow that might be stuck on top of a present.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Zach Hope<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police Lieutenant-Colonel Kanonnan Suksri told this masthead Carman had denied the charges and claimed to have acted in self-defence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"30.26282853567\">\n<p>In a video captured after his arrest, Carman addressed the victim&rsquo;s family, saying he felt &ldquo;bad&rdquo; about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel bad for what happened to your daughter. It was out of my control,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I know you&rsquo;ll be very sad, upset, same, same me. It shouldn&rsquo;t happen, and I hope you&rsquo;re OK. I know you&rsquo;re not, but I hope, and please tell other girls &hellip; to be careful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a separate video obtained by the ABC, Carman was asked by police whether he had killed the teenager, to which he replied on multiple occasions: &ldquo;No.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thai sources said Carman was paying the equivalent of about $330 a month in rent at the Rimhad Jomtien. The condo complex is popular with foreigners who prefer a quieter life to living in Pattaya, which is about 150 kilometres east of Bangkok.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"24\">\n<p>One person believed he lived in Perth. Another man, who lived on Carman&rsquo;s floor and asked to remain anonymous, believed he was born in &ldquo;Balla? Ballarat? Is that right?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had never seen him with female company, but that&rsquo;s not to say he didn&rsquo;t. But what he was doing at the beach at 3.30 in the morning, I don&rsquo;t know,&rdquo; the man said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim&rsquo;s father, Thongchai Donhomla, spoke of his grief outside a police station in Pattaya.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am deeply saddened. My daughter had no mother because we&rsquo;ve been divorced since she was two years old,&rdquo; he said in an interview with Thailand&rsquo;s TMN Cable TV Pattaya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"25.266666666667\">\n<p>&ldquo;She was a good kid. Whenever she wanted anything, she would find a way herself, and she always helped me, too. She never bothered me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Seated alongside the girl&rsquo;s father, Oradee Bussarakum said: &ldquo;I told the police I want him executed. As a stepmother, I don&rsquo;t know what else to say. I just want him executed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In Thailand, a murder conviction can carry the death penalty or imprisonment of 15 to 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The room where Carman is alleged to have committed murder is locked. There is no crime scene tape on the door, or anything to suggest something awful happened there, just a bow that might be stuck on top of a present. 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