Breaking: German boyfriend murdered Thai woman, slits own throat when police were about to arrest him

A German man wanted on suspicion of killing his Thai girlfriend in Phuket, slit his throat when police were about 
to arrest him on Sunday evening, July 9. Nico Deutsch, 
who was seriously hurt, is being treated at Vajira Phuket Hospital, under police guard.

Police had launched a manhunt for the German after 
Picha Nampadung, a 35-year-old Phuket woman, who 
had been missing for a week, was found dead on Sunday.

 See previous report here Her decomposed body was 
found in a wooded area near a road to Khum Muang 
Chaofa Hill in tambon Wichit in Phuket’s Muang district.

The body, which has deep cuts to the stomach and 
throat, was found wrapped in a mattress and a sack 
along with the woman’s doll.

Police spotted Deutsch walking on Soi 8 off Saiyuan 
Road in tambon Rawai on Sunday evening. When he saw police, he pulled out a cutter and slit his throat.

Police charged him and called an ambulance to take
 him to the hospital.