Man found hiding in forest after he murdered 5-year-old girl and dumped her body in old septic well

Police and troops have arrested a man for allegedly slashing the throat of a five-year-old girl and dumping her body in an old septic well, at a deserted house in Kanchanaburi’s Sisawat district.

The suspect, Anusorn Saipin, 24, who was a neighbour of the girl in Moo 1 village in tambon Thakradan, was arrested at about 8.20am on Tuesday, September 5, while hiding in a forest behind Siswawat Pitthaya school.

The girl disappeared from her house at about noon on Sunday and later that day her body was found in a fertiliser bag that had been dumped in the septic well.

On Monday night, police, troops, volunteers and forestry officials surrounded the hiding spot of the suspect before his arrest.

He was taken to Sisawat Police Station. At about 9am, Kanchanaburi police chief Maj-General Khamron Boonlert interrogated the suspect and he allegedly made a confession.