Deeply sorrowful, the cremation has taken place. "Nong Amy" Victim "Ai Jack" The brutal stepfather. The atmosphere was filled with grief, with many people gathering to pay their final respects.
On 27 April 2026, reporters reported that Nong Amy's body, victim of the brutal stepfather, was moved from her home in Ban Khok Wua, Village No. 3, Nong Kung Kaeo Subdistrict, Si Bun Rueang District, Nong Bua Lamphu Province, to be cremated at Wat Pa Punnaphirom, Ban Khok Wua, about 2 kilometers away. Approximately 200 neighbors and officials from district, provincial, and Nong Kung Kaeo Subdistrict Administrative Organization, as well as nearby villages, attended the ceremony.
Meanwhile, Non Sa-at Kururatbamrung School in Ban Non Sa-at, where Nong Amy was a Grade 7 student, sent a group of teachers and students, including friends from the Thai music club of which Nong Amy was a member and a Thai flute player, to perform a final tribute. The atmosphere was deeply mournful and somber.
"Bam," Nong Amy's aunt, who cried throughout the cremation ceremony and was the only person seen holding a photo of Nong Amy while shouting at Ai Jack during the reenactment on 26 April, revealed before the body was moved from the house that the previous day, during the reenactment of the confession, she went to Ai Jack's house—the crime scene where her niece was murdered—carrying a photo of Nong Amy. However, she was not allowed inside due to officials blocking the entrance. She went with two relatives because she was unaware there would be a reenactment and did not invite others.
She said she went because of anger and resentment about what happened to her niece. She felt heartbroken and pitied her niece the most, as her parents had separated since she was one year old. Her mother took her from Phuket Province back to her grandfather's home. Now, at 12 years old, her father has never contacted her. Even when news was sent through the father's relatives, it is still unknown whether her father knows the situation.
When asked when she learned of Nong Amy's death, the aunt said she only found out on the day the body was found. She had just traveled from Kanchanaburi Province, where her husband works and they do not live with Nong Amy. She never had any premonitions or bad dreams. However, after Nong Amy's death, she felt her spirit linger nearby, as whenever they spoke of her, a faint scent of incense would be noticed. Several relatives also said it seemed like Nong Amy was visiting everyone because they consistently smelled incense.
A neighbor attending the ceremony said Nong Amy was a well-behaved child who rarely went out because she had to look after her younger siblings, who share the same mother but have different fathers. The mother has four daughters in total. The eldest, 17 years old, lives with paternal relatives. Nong Amy, the second daughter, took care of her 7-year-old and 5-year-old sisters in place of their mother, who was often away staying with Ai Jack and would return home only occasionally. Nong Amy's grandfather did not have a regular occupation.
The reason Nong Amy went to Ai Jack's house for the Rocket Festival merit event was because Som, Amy's mother, invited her daughter, which led to the tragic incident.
A rescuer from Mangkon Si Bun Rueang Rescue Team said Nong Amy's family was very poor. Yesterday, the rescue team transported the body from Loei Provincial Hospital back to Ban Khok Wua around 17:00. The family asked if they could proceed directly to cremation without chanting the funeral rites because they had no money to buy items for the funeral, and struggled even to afford daily meals, let alone feeding guests.
The rescue team then sought assistance from Phra Ajarn Golf, abbot of Wat Pa Anutalo in the district center, who came to conduct the funeral chants the previous night. Later, Surasak Aksornkul, governor of Nong Bua Lamphu Province, and provincial officials attended the sermon and provided financial aid.