Australian charged after missing Thai teen found dead in suitcase
An Australian man was charged with murder and concealment of a body in connection with the death of a teenage girl in an eastern tourist city in Thailand, police said Tuesday. The 17-year-old girl was reported missing Friday. Police said she was last seen on security footage walking into a condominium with the suspect, Simon Peter Carman, in the popular beach city of Pattaya about 150 km east of Bangkok. Carman was later seen leaving the building alone with a large suitcase and security footage showed him loading the suitcase onto a motorbike and riding into a deserted area along the railway, local police said. Carman was arrested early Saturday at a Bangkok airport before boarding a flight bound for Perth, Australia, and charged with raping a minor. The suitcase containing the girl’s body was found shortly after he was arrested, leading to the additional charges, police said. The charge of premeditated murder carries a possible death penalty. Carman, who denied all charges, is in custody and has been provided an attorney. It was not …
