A young man fails to reconcile with his ex-wife, so he shoots and kills all 4 of their family members.

Tragic: Resort owner fails to reconcile with ex-wife, uses gun to shoot ex-wife, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and then shoots himself in front of 1 year and 8 month old daughter.

Investigators from Manchakiri Police Station, Khon Kaen Province, inspected a house in Village 10, Kham Pom Village, Phon Pek Subdistrict, Manchakiri District, Khon Kaen Province. It was a single-story house. In the bedroom, three people were found dead: Ms. Charoenporn, approximately 50 years old; Mr. Noppadol, approximately 40 years old, lying dead on the bed; and Ms. Kli, 20 years old, sitting dead beside the bed. A 1-year-8-month-old girl was sitting next to the body. Officers carried her out. In the bedroom, nine 11 mm. bullet casings were found, and an 11 mm. gun was found next to Mr. Noppadol. In the bathroom, another deceased person was found: Mr. Phonphiphat, 18 years old.

Witness investigation revealed that at 8:30 a.m., neighbors saw Mr. Noppadol drive a sedan and park in front of the house. At 7:45 a.m., they then wal
ked into the house for 30 minutes and heard 9 gunshots in a row and then nothing. They believed that something bad had happened, so they notified the authorities to inspect the scene. As for the cause, it was learned that Mr. Noppadol, Ms. Klita’s ex-husband, had come to ask for reconciliation. After learning that Ms. Klita had a new husband, he became jealous and used a gun to shoot Mrs. Charoenphon, Ms. Klita’s mother-in-law, her ex-wife, and Mr. Phonphiphat, her younger brother, to death. Mr. Noppadol then used a gun to shoot himself. In the bedroom where the bodies were found, there was a 1 year and 8 month old girl, Mr. Noppadol and Ms. Klita’s daughter, standing there shaking with shock.

Mr. Wiangchai, Ms. Klita’s father, said that his daughter had been dating Mr. Noppadol, a resort owner in Nong Khai Province, for about 4-5 years without registering their marriage. They had a daughter, but recently the couple had problems. His daughter was frequently beaten and abused by Mr. Noppadol until he could no
t stand it anymore. He took his daughter back to his home in Khon Kaen and said that he would not go back to live with Mr. Noppadol again, even though Mr. Noppadol had come to ask for reconciliation many times. The last time he came to visit was last Monday, buying milk for his daughter. Then this morning, Mr. Noppadol came back to the house again. At that time, he was not home and a neighbor called to tell him, so he hurried back to check, but did not dare to go in. When the police came to investigate, they found that Mr. Noppadol had shot and killed someone in the house before shooting himself. If he had been in the house at that time, he would have been shot to death as well.

Source: Thai News Agency