17 Prathom Iadkhao (standing, left) during the crime re-enactment on Monday, after his arrest on charges of the rape and murder of a schoolgirl. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)
SONGKHLA: Police have arrested the prime suspect in the rape and murder of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Hat Yai district early on Saturday morning.
Provincial Police Region 9 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Ronnasilp Poosara said that Prathom Iadkhao, alias Bangmad Kongra , 49, was arrested on Monday at his home at Moo 6 villlage in tamong Khlong Sai Khao of Kongra district in adjoining Phatthalung province.
The body of the Mathayomsuksa 3 student was found in the median ditch of the main highway in Bang Klam district of Songkhla on the night of Feb 27.