By: BangkokPost.com
Published: 24/02/2009 at 02:44 PM
Physicians at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Siriraj Hospital confirmed that a headless body and a severed head of a westerner found hanging below Rama VIII bridge on Sunday are from the same person.
The forensic examination also indicated that the victim may attempt to commit suicide.
Physicians added that similar cases had taken place in foreign countries before since the head could be detached from the body when the victim jumped off the bridge.
Deputy national police chief Jongrak Chutanont, referring to the forensic examination, said it would be likely that the victim committed suicide because the wounds were jagged, and there were no indications that he was decapitated by a sharp object.
As a result, Pol Gen Jongrak dismissed the possibility that the victim was murdered by a foreign crime syndicates.
He said police preliminarily assumed that the victim could be a 49-year-old Italian named Jaeta Jiovani who travelled to Thailand last Wednesday.
Bron: Bangkok Post / www.bangkokpost.com