Neighbors searched for an 81-year-old retired official living alone after he had been missing for more than two weeks before finding him deceased on the stairs inside his home in Ang Thong Province. Authorities are urgently sending the body for autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.Tags: [missing person, death investigation, Ang Thong, retired official]
At 3:00 p.m. on 24 September 2026, Lieutenant Colonel Natthapong Nutcharoen, investigation officer at Bang Jak Police Station, received a report of a deceased person found inside a house in Village 3, Si Roi Subdistrict, Wiset Chai Chan District, Ang Thong Province. He coordinated with the duty doctor from Wiset Chai Chan Hospital and volunteers from Poh Teck Tung Foundation to inspect the scene.Tags: [police investigation, Ang Thong, forensic examination]
At the scene, a man was found lying on his back at the top of the stairs inside the house, wearing a black T-shirt and shorts. Nearby was one umbrella. The body was severely decomposed, with some bones visible. The deceased was identified as Mr. Dutsadee Sorayothin, 81, a retired government official who lived alone in the house, with relatives visiting occasionally.Tags: [deceased person, decomposition, retired official, Ang Thong]
Neighbors reported not having seen Mr. Dutsadee for more than two weeks, so they came to check on him and found him dead at the top of the stairs inside the house. Initial examination of the scene found no signs of ransacking.Tags: [neighbor report, death discovery, crime scene]
Authorities will conduct a detailed inspection of the household belongings since the deceased lived alone. The preliminary medical examination indicated the body was severely decomposed with some bones exposed, suggesting death occurred at least two weeks ago, though the exact cause of death remains undetermined.Tags: [forensic examination, decomposition, death cause investigation]
Officials will send the deceased’s body to the Institute of Forensic Science for a thorough autopsy to establish the true cause of death following legal procedures.Tags: [forensic autopsy, legal process, death investigation]