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Detectives are investigating possible links between the murder of a Thai teenager and three other bodies found inside suitcases.

Simon Peter Carman is accused of killing Tunchanok Donhomla, 17, and stuffing her body in a suitcase within the resort city of Pattaya last week.

The 45-year-old man faces murder charges after he was arrested attempting to flee to Australia.

Ms Tunchanok went missing after June 25, allegedly having been picked up by Carman, who Thai police claim strangled her after a row over payment for her time with him.

Tunchanok Donhomla, originally from northeast Thailand, was nicknamed ‘Cake’ by her friends (Picture: Pattaya police)

She was allegedly murdered inside an unkempt hotel room before her stays were stuffed contained in the suitcase that was found abandoned near railway tracks around 10 minutes from the hotel Carman was staying at.

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CCTV footage allegedly shows Carman pulling a black suitcase from the apartment he was staying at.

It has now emerged that suitcases containing the bodies of three unidentified women were discovered in the world last 12 months.

This image made from a video provided by TPBS, Australian identified as Simon Peter Carman, left, is led through a police station in Pattaya, Thailand, Sunday, June 28, 2026.
Simon Peter Carman has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Ms Tunchanok (Picture: TPBS via AP)

The most recent luggage, a blue suitcase locked with a series, was present in September last 12 months.

The victim had been stuffed within the suitcase with gym weights in an apparent try to sink it within the reservoir.

Some months before, a fisherman’s hook was caught on a floating suitcase in Rayong, around 43 minutes outside Pattaya.

Police inspecting a padlocked suitcase found near a reservoir in Pattaya, Thailand, containing the remains of an unidentified woman.
Police inspect one in every of the suitcases pulled from the Klong Bang Phai Reservoir near Pattaya (Picture: Asia Pacific Press via ViralPres)

Detectives found the body of a unadorned woman, believed to be in her 30s, curled up inside with weights. She is assumed to have been dead for at the least five days.

In January last 12 months, a red suitcase with the stays of a lady inside was found near a serious road.

The victim, a lady believed to be in her 30s, was naked and accompanied by dumbbells, News.com.au reports.

There is no such thing as a evidence linking Carman to the deaths, but detectives are investigating resulting from the similarities.

The alarm over Ms Tunchanok’s disappearance was raised by her friends, who were looking for the teenager, whose nickname was ‘Cake.’

Her family and friends have paid tribute to the young woman, who hailed from Kalasin, northeast Thailand.

Certainly one of the last video clips her family has is of her celebrating her dad Thongchai’s birthday with some treats.

Her dad told Viral Press: ‘She didn’t have lots of money, but she bought me a cake.’

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