{"id":22531,"date":"2026-06-29T15:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/australian-murder-suspect-shopped-and-did-laundry-while-girls-body-lay-in-suitcase\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:40:13","slug":"australian-murder-suspect-shopped-and-did-laundry-while-girls-body-lay-in-suitcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/australian-murder-suspect-shopped-and-did-laundry-while-girls-body-lay-in-suitcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian murder suspect shopped and did laundry while girl\u2019s body lay in suitcase"},"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 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cameras that captured the 45-year-old&rsquo;s seemingly casual comings and goings on Thursday led to Carman&rsquo;s arrest at Bangkok&rsquo;s Suvarnabhumi Airport the following day, just minutes before he was to board a flight to Australia.<\/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)\" 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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 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<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\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_0.9841%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_1.9683%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_2.0317%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CCTV allegedly shows Simon Carman walking hand in hand through his hotel lobby with 17-year-old Thanchanok Donhomla at 3.34am local time on Thursday.&nbsp;\n\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.773,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_10,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.773%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/e818e6c4c3cd98f070ec1a8ee9cc33bd3f503380 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>CCTV allegedly shows Simon Carman walking hand in hand through his hotel lobby with 17-year-old Thanchanok Donhomla at 3.34am local time on Thursday.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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=\"27\">\n<p>&ldquo;When he was being detained by immigration officers at the airport, they noticed the [apparent scratch] injuries,&rdquo; Pattaya City police colonel Anek Srathongyoo said on Monday.<\/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$x_10%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/fc75bbc7f1a595b46160d1cf944579da7e5d0e99, 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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 Pattaya,&nbsp;Thailand.<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Pattaya Police<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;He explained that he&rsquo;d been out for the night and had gotten into a fight with a friend, which was why he had those marks.<\/p>\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>&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t until he was with us and we showed him the evidence, starting with the footage of him dragging the suitcase, loading it on the back of his motorbike and riding away for around 10 to 20 minutes &ndash; and then returning without the suitcase &ndash; that he began to admit what had happened.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Carman, who was born in Ballarat and has lived in Western Australia, claims self-defence, police say.<\/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=\"21\">\n<p>He is accused of picking up 17-year-old Thanchanok Donhomla for sex at about 3am on Thursday and bringing her back to his unit in a multi-tower complex in Jomtien, a satellite area of Pattaya, about 150 kilometres south of Bangkok. People who know him said he had been living in the tower for at least eight months.<\/p>\n<p>The pair is seen on CCTV footage holding hands in the foyer on their way up to the 15th floor at 3.34am. Nong Cake, as the victim was known to people close to her, was never seen exiting the complex.<\/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\/$zoom_0.473%2C$multiply_0.9841%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_29\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/f99aec108fb7fdbe568a60d6aeafb27d09041ab7, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.473%2C$multiply_1.9683%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_29\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/f99aec108fb7fdbe568a60d6aeafb27d09041ab7 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 750px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.473%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_29\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/f99aec108fb7fdbe568a60d6aeafb27d09041ab7, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.473%2C$multiply_2.0317%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_29\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/f99aec108fb7fdbe568a60d6aeafb27d09041ab7 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pattaya City police colonel Anek Srathongyoo said: &ldquo;Something didn&rsquo;t feel right to me.&rdquo;\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_0.473,%24multiply_0.7725,%24ratio_1.5,%24width_756,%24x_0,%24y_29\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,f_auto\/f99aec108fb7fdbe568a60d6aeafb27d09041ab7\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.473%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_29\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/f99aec108fb7fdbe568a60d6aeafb27d09041ab7, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.473%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_29\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/f99aec108fb7fdbe568a60d6aeafb27d09041ab7 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>Pattaya City police colonel Anek Srathongyoo said: &ldquo;Something didn&rsquo;t feel right to me.&rdquo;<\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Veena Thoopkrajae<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><\/strong>She had travelled alone to Jomtien from Thailand&rsquo;s north-east only a week earlier to meet friends, one of whom made a missing persons report on Friday when she failed to turn up.<\/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;Normally, we would issue a missing-person alert. But in this case, something didn&rsquo;t feel right to me,&rdquo; Srathongyoo said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had cases before where a foreign suspect committed a crime and then rushed to catch a flight out of the country. So I told my team to check whether the missing-person report was genuine &hellip; and then decided to go back to where it all started with the CCTV footage [at the condo tower].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thanchanok may have already been dead for hours by the time one of Carman&rsquo;s neighbours saw him eating breakfast at the complex. Cameras from his building capture him throughout the day doing mundane activities and speaking to people in the foyer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From around 3.30 am until about 9pm, when he disposed of the body, he appeared to go about his daily routine as usual. We watched every single clip. He went downstairs to buy food, bought some groceries, did his laundry &ndash; everything seemed completely normal,&rdquo; Srathongyoo alleged.<\/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\">\n<p>&ldquo;Then we came to the part of the footage where he&rsquo;s with the suitcase &hellip; but instead of leaving through the front entrance, he exited through the back door.&rdquo; CCTV footage shows him driving through the streets with the suitcase strapped to the back of his rented scooter, before returning without it.<\/p>\n<p>The problem for investigators was that there was no camera vision for a two-kilometre stretch of road. So Srathongyoo sent out 10 investigators to comb the entire area of thick grass, finding a suitcase only a few hours after Carman had been detained at the airport on Friday.<\/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. \" 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. <\/span><cite class=\"sc-4820f69c-2 jfXEoI\"><span class=\"sc-4820f69c-3 jfhtQZ\">Zach Hope<\/span><\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Inside was Thanchanok&rsquo;s naked, twisted body. Her clothes and possessions &ndash; a vape, phone and a couple of receipts &ndash; were jammed into the spaces between her limbs, Srathongyoo said.<\/p>\n<p>Srathongyoo said Carman eventually told investigators the girl had come at him with a knife and he had strangled her, unintentionally killing her. Thai media reported the pair argued about the equivalent of just $20, but Srathongyoo would not comment on this because Thanchanok was not alive to tell her version.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sc-54c4a04e-0 yKpxh adWrapper noPrint sc-6f94ac39-3 fDyKLW\" data-testid=\"ad\"><small class=\"sc-54c4a04e-2 dhgkTF\">Advertisement<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-c502198b-0 NkURW\" readability=\"26.127717391304\">\n<p>Carman faces three charges: murder, concealment of a body and moving or destroying a body, and taking a minor for indecent acts.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"sc-c8170ed7-0 kBAoLZ noPrint\" data-testid=\"related-story\">\n<h2 data-testid=\"related-story-heading\" class=\"sc-c8170ed7-1 iHMtRN\">Related Article<\/h2>\n<div class=\"sc-679b6ed4-0 VKgwt\" data-an-position=\"1\" imagepositions=\"top\" data-testid=\"story-tile\">\n<figure imagesizes=\"[object Object]\" class=\"sc-8825a2fb-0 kZkxVd\">\n<div class=\"sc-d34e428-0 ikzfwY\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.0624%2C$multiply_0.2805%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.0624%2C$multiply_0.5609%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%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_1.0624%2C$multiply_0.2842%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.0624%2C$multiply_0.5685%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Australian man Simon Peter Carman, 46, was arrested on Friday night at Bangkok airport in Thailand.&nbsp;\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/%24zoom_1.0624,%24multiply_0.5127,%24ratio_1.777778,%24width_1059,%24x_0,%24y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86,e_sharpen:60,f_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.0624%2C$multiply_0.5127%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.0624%2C$multiply_1.0255%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Ce_sharpen:60%2Cf_auto\/e8680702af541678c89aeb380738e3b69719cd85bf321c7e3cda228404f9d901 2x\" class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ioInpc\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\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>The victim&rsquo;s father, Thongchai Donhomla, spoke of his grief outside a police station in Pattaya.<b> <\/b><\/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=\"24.515555555556\">\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<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>Carman lived for a time in an industrial corner of Rockingham, a coastal city in WA about 50 kilometres south of Perth. He had previously owned firearms, but WA court records show his licence was cancelled and firearms confiscated by the state&rsquo;s police commissioner. An appeal against the move was rejected in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In Thailand, a murder conviction can carry the death penalty or imprisonment of 15 to 20 years.<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>With Michael Philipps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Get a note directly from our foreign <\/i><\/b><b><i>correspondents <\/i><\/b><b><i>on what&rsquo;s making headlines around the world. <\/i><\/b><b><i>Sign up for our weekly What in the World newsletter<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"article-footer\" class=\"sc-780f6c39-0 fWnQtB\">\n<div class=\"sc-780f6c39-1 bhFzjY noPrint\">\n<div class=\"sc-780f6c39-2 ksUUFP\">\n<div class=\"sc-f9e3ccff-0 kbEYga sc-780f6c39-3 fMMhlQ\" 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 yEdFV 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-b5b9fd03-0 ksyHqK\">\n<div class=\"sc-b5b9fd03-1 LVIFj\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zach Hope\" data-testid=\"author-avatar-image\" height=\"40\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/w_40,h_40,c_fill,g_auto:faces\/q_86,f_auto\/415ab732af75b6e38d828c13ac2c1a8d78b406fd\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/w_40,h_40,c_fill,g_auto:faces\/q_86,f_auto\/415ab732af75b6e38d828c13ac2c1a8d78b406fd, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/w_80%2Ch_80%2Cc_fill%2Cg_auto:faces\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/415ab732af75b6e38d828c13ac2c1a8d78b406fd 2x\" width=\"40\" class=\"sc-9a01536c-0 libeSR\"><span data-testid=\"author-bio\" class=\"sc-b5b9fd03-3 cVMGnz\"><span>Zach Hope is South-East Asia correspondent. 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AAA Warning: Graphic content Jomtien, Thailand: Australian Simon Peter Carman went about the ordinary business of shopping, eating out and doing his laundry as a teenage girl&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/australian-murder-suspect-shopped-and-did-laundry-while-girls-body-lay-in-suitcase\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Australian murder suspect shopped and did laundry while girl\u2019s body lay in suitcase&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}