THAILAND: Police take a Norwegian man into custody after discovering human remains inside his home in Phuket

Record ID: 862057

  • Title: THAILAND: Police take a Norwegian man into custody after discovering human remains inside his home in Phuket
  • Date: 2nd March 2012
  • Summary: PHUKET, THAILAND (FEBRUARY 29, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR HOUSE OF STEIN HARVARD DOKSET, 50 YEAR-OLD NORWEGIAN SUSPECT HANDCUFFED DOKSET TALKING TO POLICE VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS PLUNGING TOILET OFFICIAL TALKING TO SUSPECT VARIOUS OF POLICE SEARCHING HOUSE SUSPECT STANDING WITH POLICE PHUKET, THAILAND (FEBRUARY 28, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) POLICE STATION SIGN READ 'THA CHALONG POLICE STATION' SUSPECT TALKING TO POLICE BIN FOUND IN BATHROOM WITH HUMAN REMAINS VARIOUS OF POLICE SEARCHING HOUSE VARIOUS OF EVIDENCE FOUND IN HOUSE OFFICIALS TAKING EVIDENCES INTO CAR
  • Embargoed: 17th March 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Thailand, Thailand
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  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA8SCMSFJ9WQGJJ6ZQ76ED72LII
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  • Story Text: Thai police discovered human remains inside a Norwegian man's home during a raid on Tuesday (February 28).
    The 50-year-old suspect Stein Harvard Dokset from Norway was taken into custody after police found plastic bags containing bones in the basement of his 15-million baht ($500,000 U.S. dollar) house. Thai media reports the remains could be of 30-year-old Rungnapa Ratchasombut, his girlfriend of 10 years, who was reported missing on July 19, 2009.
    Ratchasombut's family urged police to search Dokset's home, where officers also found a gun and dozens of bullets.
    Dokset has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm and denies murdering Rungnapa.
    The remains were found inside a rubbish bin and were sent to forensics for examination.
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