A dismal image of life pressures came to mild lately when a disabled man, feeling the weight of his predicament, tragically ended his life. The man, once a automotive mechanic capable of fend for his wife, sadly viewed himself as a burden on her. Found beneath their rented house, his dying underscores the stark realities of life pressures and hardship
At about 9.30pm yesterday, Pol. Capt. Tharathorn Wasnanjarus, Deputy Inspector of the Nong Khang Phlu Station, was alerted to a suicide case, situated alongside Twee Wattana Canal Road in Nong Khang Phlu ward, Nong Khaem district, Bangkok. Responding to the call out were the forensic doctors of Siriraj Hospital alongside rescuers from the Poh Tek Tung Foundation.
The scene of the incident was a one-storey wooden house with a 1-metre high undercroft, partitioned to create a shed for chicken-rearing.
Elusive found the body of Yod (last identify withheld), a 46 yr old man, mendacity lifeless on a mat within the shaded space beneath the home. Knife-inflicted wounds have been seen on his neck, coupled with four stab wounds to his stomach. A blood-stained eight-inch fruit paring knife was discovered clenched in his proper hand. The scene did not counsel any struggle, prompting officials to assemble particulars to corroborate the apparent suicide.
Arith (surname withheld), a 64 year outdated relative of the deceased who lived nearby, make clear the tragic circumstances. About two years ago, Yod was an able-bodied man working as a automotive mechanic in a storage before a tragic work-related accident left his right knee dislocated and rendered him physically disabled. Yod, now incapable of performing any work, lived with his wife, whom he needed to depend on for sustenance.
Yod’s spouse left house for work when Arith observed Yod’s prolonged disappearance beneath the house. On inspection, he found Yod’s lifeless physique. On a quantity of occasions earlier than the incident, Yod had expressed discomfort to his neighbours, complaining about being a burden. With his wife’s birthday the next day, Yod despaired over not affording even a simple birthday cake for his beloved wife—a grievance believed to have propelled the act.
Preliminary investigations led the police to post-mortem the physique in order to confirm the precise cause of death. Further questioning and examination of Yod’s wife could be carried out, and the proof collected at the scene would complement subsequent investigations..