{"id":774054,"date":"2026-07-02T10:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/774054\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:24:12","slug":"simon-carman-woman-details-encounter-with-accused-killer-weeks-before-thai-teens-body-found-in-pattaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/774054\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Carman: Woman details encounter with accused killer weeks before Thai teen\u2019s body found in Pattaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A woman has detailed a tense run-in she had with accused teen killer Simon Carman weeks before he allegedly murdered Tunchanok Donhomla in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Mr Carman was arrested at Bangkok\u2019s Suvarnamhumi Airport on Friday as he allegedly tried to board a Jetstar flight bound for Perth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">His arrest came after the body of Ms Donhomla, 17, was allegedly found stuffed inside a suitcase abandoned beside railway tracks in the popular tourist city of Pattaya.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3mk41m-StyledText eze0guv9\">Sign up to The Nightly&#8217;s newsletters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r9pdr5-StyledSubText eze0guv8\">Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>By continuing you agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/thenightly.com.au\/subscription-terms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sevenwestmedia.com.au\/privacy-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The 45-year-old is now facing multiple charges including murder, moving or destroying a corpse, concealing a corpse and abduction of a child for indecent purpose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Khanittha Thongsuknmag, 53, claims she encountered Mr Carman three weeks earlier on June 5 after the pair were involved in a motorbike crash outside the apartment they were both staying at in Pattaya.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Ms Thongsuknmag said Mr Carman became enraged following the crash, describing his behaviour as aggressive and intimidating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cHe was angry, angry,\u201d she said, comparing him to \u201cKing Kong\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">According to WhatsApp messages obtained and seen by AAP, Mr Carman allegedly threatened the woman and demanded she buy him a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cBuy me a wheelchair now &#8230; or I will make sure big trouble,\u201d he allegedly wrote in one message sent to Ms Thongsuknmag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Ms Thongsuknmag claims that Mr Carman called her \u201cstupid and dopey\u201d when she apologised and explained her insurance would cover any costs arising from the accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">In another message, Mr Carman hurled profanities at the woman, writing \u201cI have to see specialist in Pattaya. I need taxi!! You can pay, you evil B&#8230;H.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Ms Thongsuknmag said police instructed her to pay Mr Carman 2,000 Thai Baht ($AUD87) after the crash, but claimed he continued to ask her for more money to buy a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">She eventually \u201cblocked his number\u201d when his message demands didn\u2019t stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Ms Thongsuknmag\u2019s boyfriend, Andro, said the couple were shocked when they heard Mr Carman had been arrested over the alleged killing of Ms Donhomla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman has detailed a tense run-in she had with accused teen killer Simon Carman weeks before he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[63,43,44,41,39,42,40,1720],"class_list":["post-774054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-australia","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}