2023-08-15 09:09:00
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The deputy director of the Thai Police, Surachate Hakparn, assures that it was a premeditated murder that the Spanish planned because he did not want to continue being trapped by his victim.
15 ago 2023 . Updated at 5:23 p.m.
The deputy director of the Police thailand, Surachate Hakparnassured this Tuesday that the Spanish Daniel Sanchobe accused of premeditated murder Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta on the island of Phagan, so they will request the death penalty. We have consulted with the prosecutor some of the evidence and it is strong enough to charge him with premeditated murder, which carries the death penalty, said the number two of the Thai Police at a press conference, who explained that now it will have to be the prosecutor. the one who studies the case and establishes the request for a penalty in view of the trial.
Hakparnassured that the investigation into the murder and dismemberment of the Colombian surgeon, of whom the Spanish confessed guilty, son of the actor Rodolfo Sancho. The agent made it clear that he was not an accident, but a premeditated murder that Sancho planned because he did not want to continue being trapped by his victim.
Surachate, known by the nickname of Big Jokemade the announcement in an appearance at the police station of Koh Phangan, the island in southern Thailand where the crime was committed on Wednesday, August 2. As detailed by number two of the Thai police, Sancho stabbed the Colombian during an argument, and reiterated that the crime was premeditated. There was a fight and then Daniel stabbed Edwin, who hit his head on the sink, he pointed out; and explained that they are still waiting for the autopsy results to definitively confirm the cause of death. In addition, he assured that the Spaniard alone committed the murder and dismemberment: According to the evidence we have from the crime scene, there was only one perpetrator and they have found two knives and a saw, explained. He insisted that there is no indication that suggests that there were more people involved, according to forensic tests and what was observed on security cameras. He also explained that the DNA found on an Arrieta shirt points to Daniel Sancho as the only perpetrator, in addition to other evidence found at the crime scene.
Detective Surachate Hakparn, the Colombo of the Daniel Sancho case
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The only evidence of the stabbing presented during the press conference, which passed chaotically and was translated into English, were images of a ripped T-shirt with no visible traces of blood. It was not an accident because (Sancho) went to buy material for the murder, such as a knife and a razor, the police added.
The deputy director of the Thai Police, who arrived today by helicopter in Koh Phangan for the appearance, assured that, according to Sancho’s confession, the motive for the crime was that the young Spaniard wanted to leave the relationship he had with Arrietawho would not have been satisfied.
Surachate specific that the dismemberment of the body lasted for three hours, and that later Sanchó stayed all night cleaning up the traces at the scene of the crime, a hotel booked by the Spaniard next to Salad beach, on the island of Phangan. There, the police also found 9,000 dollars in the safe used by Sancho. In addition, the Police have explained that two cutting tools, a saw, and the butcher knife that Sancho bought before seeing Sancho were used in the dismemberment of the body. Arrieta, but they have not been found yet either. Two knives were used but he only bought one, police spokesmen have specified.
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The Thai Police has acknowledged that Investigation of final cause of death continues., because they are not clear if he died from a stabbing, a blow to the head against the sink or already on the floor, when Sancho would have started the process to dismember him, according to the statement of the confessed murderer. Those responsible for the investigation admitted that they still no autopsy has been performed to the remains of the corpse of Edwin Arrieta.
Sancho confessed to the crime on August 5 in front of the Koh Phangan police and has actively collaborated in the reconstruction of the facts. On the one hand, the police have said that the deceased did not die from a blow to the toilet but from a stabbing. , although at another time during the press conference he admitted that the definitive cause is not clear and that it cannot be confirmed yet. However, he has added that Daniel has confessed that he stabbed Edwin Arrieta in the right side of the chest, he fell and died after hitting his head. Nor were Arrieta’s personal belongings found, such as his mobile phone or his watch.
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Sancho and Arrieta, who met last year through Instagram, had met in Phangan on August 2, the day the surgeon was allegedly murdered and dismembered, whose remains have been found in various locations, including the sea. Police have acknowledged that the deceased and the alleged murderer had sent each other messages via mobile, the deputy director of the Police has ruled out giving any information in this regard. We still cannot talk about the details of this conversation, they have stated emphatically in the face of insistent questions from the press in this regard.
The Thai police based their investigations on the confession of Daniel Sancho, who has undergone tests that rule out traces of alcohol or drugs in his body. Sancho has not undergone any psychiatric analysis and there is no record of a suicide threat. He is a little stressed, said the media and controversial police officer, known as Big JokeAt this time, the young Spaniard is in the hospital area of the prison, where he has to spend 10 days in isolation due to the covid-19 protocol. After this period, which will end on Thursday, Sancho will be able to receive video calls or face-to-face visits from his family and friends.
Although they had up to 84 days to complete the investigation since Sancho’s entry into provisional prison on August 7, the investigations were accelerated in part thanks to the collaboration of the Spaniard, the confessed perpetrator of the crime, so now they will be handed over to the prosecutor’s office for set a trial date. However, the prosecutor’s office could still make use of that 83-day period to study the case and request more evidence from the police, before setting a date for the trial.
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The involvement of Surachate, 54, demonstrates the high profile Thailand has placed on this case. his peculiar nickname Big Joke(Big Joke) is common in Thailand, where many are given nicknames at birth, sometimes with striking meanings. The Thai officer, with a desire to appear in front of the cameras and the protagonist of a meteoric rise in the ranks of the Police, usually puts a face on events of greater significance or in which foreigners are involved. His campaign against foreigners who stay in the country without a visa or commit a crime is often accompanied by flashy ornately detailed press conferences. As head of the Immigration Department, a prominent position in the tourist country, he had to deal in 2019 with the case of a young Saudi who barricaded herself in Bangkok’s main airport for the purpose of seeking political asylum in a third country. More recently, Big Joke He has led the case of one of the largest serial killers in the country, baptized Am Cianuro, suspected of causing the death by poisoning of at least 13 people between the years 2020 and 2023. And last July he led an investigation against a criminal gang following the murder and dismemberment of a German businessman in the coastal city of Pattaya.
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