Police release more details, German real estate tycoon Thailand tragically dies after missing! Murder and dismemberment of accounts | Mike | Thailand
Last week, German real estate tycoon Hans Peter Mike went missing. According to the New York Post on July 10th, the body of Mike has been found, dismembered and stuffed into the freezer of his friend's rented house in Thailand. It is reported that the victim may have been tortured before being killed.
According to a previous report by The Bangkok Post, Mike is 62 years old and his wife is Thai. On July 4th local time, Mike had arranged to have lunch with his wife, but he didn't go home until 10pm. He messaged his wife saying he was still discussing business. His wife said that during the five years she and Mike were together, he never contacted him through text messages. Later on, Mike never returned home and his wife reported that Mike was missing.
Mike's family is offering a reward of $85900 in the hope of finding Mike.
On the morning of July 9th local time, the police discovered the Mercedes Benz car that Mike was driving on the day of his disappearance in a parking lot of an apartment. A local food vendor said that the car had been parked here a few days ago, during which she also saw two women getting off the car.
According to the person in charge of the investigation, traces of coolant and cleaning agents were found in multiple parts of the car, including the seats, dashboard, and steering wheel. They stated, "These traces are an attempt to destroy evidence and indirectly indicate that Mike's disappearance is very suspicious."
On the evening of July 10th local time, the police saw a suspicious scene in the surveillance video, which should be a black truck belonging to foreigners transporting an freezer. Following the trail of the truck, the police found a rental house in Pattaya, southeast Bangkok. They found Mike's body in the freezer of the rental house, which had been dismembered and placed in a garbage bag. It is understood that this freezer is the same as what was seen in the surveillance footage before.
Neighbors said that three months ago, this rental house was occupied by Mike's German friend Olaf and a disabled German woman, both of whom were colleagues of Mike.
Subsequently, the police interrogated these two individuals, as well as another suspicious German. In addition, the police believe it is very likely that Thai people were also involved in this murder case.
▲ The police removed the plastic bag from the freezer
On the 12th, Thai police arrested two Germans involved in the case. The police chief of Nongpulu Town, Tawi Kudralaan, stated that a 52 year old German man was arrested in Bangkok on the evening of the 11th, and a 47 year old German woman surrendered to the police earlier that day. These two people have been charged with murder, and the police are still searching for a third suspect. Kudetaraen had previously stated that authorities had also found a large amount of funds lost in Mike's bank account, and the police believed that the crime was related to extortion.
The Deputy Director of the Thai National Police, Surachi, stated that the third suspect, Saruk, is still on the run. There is a transnational criminal network behind the suspect, which involves drugs and uses Thailand as a base for activities.
▲ Mike's family
Surachi said that multinational criminal organizations have been targeting Mike for a month now. The organization transferred Mike's assets and dispersed them into approximately 10 criminal accounts. The police believe that the individuals holding criminal accounts are still within Thailand and have stated that arrest warrants will be issued against the owners of the criminal accounts. Surachi instructed Thai immigration police to deal with all transnational criminal networks in Pattaya and Nongpulu districts to prevent such kidnapping cases from happening again.
