{"id":788411,"date":"2026-07-09T04:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788411\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:15:11","slug":"simon-carman-broke-down-after-his-mum-messaged-him-following-thai-suitcase-murder-accusation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/788411\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Carman \u2018broke down\u2019 after his mum messaged him following Thai suitcase murder accusation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Perth man Simon Peter Carman reportedly \u201cbroke down\u201d after receiving a text message from his mum just hours after he was arrested over the murder of 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The WA man is accused of killing the teen and stuffing her body in a suitcase before dumping it near railway tracks in Pattaya and trying to flee the country on a Jetstar flight to Perth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">According to Daily Mail, the accused killer\u2019s mother, Wendy Carman, had initially believed CCTV footage showing her son with the teenage girl before her death was AI-generated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cBecause he was living in Thailand, she just thought it must be AI and all fake,\u201d a police source told the publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">But after seeing Mr Carman pictured in the media for the alleged murder of Ms Tunchanok, the police source claims Ms Carman sent her son a frantic message.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783570511_965_3ad4f2ffbd8540d50abe03597346a3763579a4d3.jpg\" alt=\"It is understood the alleged killer\u2019s mother believed CCTV footage released by police was AI generated.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconIt is understood the alleged killer\u2019s mother believed CCTV footage released by police was AI generated. Credit: X<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">According to reports, the first message Mr Carman saw after authorities returned his mobile phone following his arrest was from his mother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The source added that Mr Carman became emotional after reading his mother\u2019s message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cHe broke down and said, \u2018Even my mum\u2019s heard about it,\u201d\u2019 they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cHe got very upset when he read that message from her, and I think the reality of the situation finally sank in.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783570511_28_4fcc899cbb18ae51fdc78e3713eb3b72d1c4d023.jpg\" alt=\"17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla was found dumped in a suitcase near railway tracks in Pattaya.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera Icon17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla was found dumped in a suitcase near railway tracks in Pattaya. Credit: The Pattaya News\/The Pattaya News<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cHe had given his statement in a very matter-of-fact way before that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Mr Carman is charged with the teen\u2019s murder and is being held in Pattaya Remand Prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">He faces the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth man Simon Peter Carman reportedly \u201cbroke down\u201d after receiving a text message from his mum just hours&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,48,44,45,1346],"class_list":["post-788411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-crime","tag-news","tag-wa-news","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788411","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=788411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}