A British police cold-case squad are in Thailand to talk with the household of a Thai wife murdered within the Yorkshire Dales. Twenty years after the half-naked body of Lamduan Seekanya, was present in a stream close to Pen-y-ghent in 2004, officers didn’t interview her husband, prime suspect David Armitage.
For 15 years the identification of the lady remained unknown till her dad and mom in Thailand got here ahead and DNA proved the useless woman was their daughter. The BBC reports how officers have spoken together with her mother and father but not her husband.
Before flying out to Thailand on 15 February, North Yorkshire Police mentioned they could not move the case of the murdered Thai wife ahead without…
“…understanding from Lamduan’s household all of the aspects about her life and significantly the previous couple of months of her life.”
The British bobbies had been working alongside Thailand’s crack Department of Special Investigation (DSI), whose unparalleled expertise in clearing up tricky instances in the kingdom can only hasten a outcome that has been 19 years in the waiting. They are seeking witnesses in Udon Thani, Bangkok and Kanchanaburi.
Udomkann Warotamasikkhadit, head of the DSI’s foreign affairs and worldwide relations division, mentioned Armitage had initially agreed to come and give proof but modified his thoughts on the day.
The suspect said he didn’t really feel properly and had some private issues, a situation described by Adam Harland, chief of the chilly case evaluation, as…
“…unfortunate.”
Having achieved little or no, the Brits would now plan to return to North Yorkshire to allow the DSI to get on with the investigation.
A post-mortem examination carried out after Lamduan’s body was found on 20 September 2004 failed to ascertain how she died. There was no sign of violence and hypothermia was ruled out, but detectives could not reply two major questions; who she was or how she met her death. Local folks paid for her burial in the churchyard in Horton-in-Ribblesdale and she or he turned often identified as The Lady of the Hills.
A chilly case review was began in 2016 and scientific advances meant police were capable of piece collectively a more detailed picture of who she was and came to the conclusion she had been killed.
In 2019, there was a serious breakthrough when a Thai family read a BBC on-line story in regards to the case and believed the woman might be their daughter who vanished in 2004.
Under wraps led North Yorkshire Police to carry out DNA testing with the dad and mom to find a way to verify Mrs Armitage’s identity. Mother-of-three Lamduan moved to the UK with Armitage in 1991 and lived with her husband David in Portsmouth, Rugby and Preston between 1991 and 2003. They had been dwelling in northern England earlier than her death.
Armitage then returned to Thailand the place he has denied any involvement in his wife’s death.
Harland mentioned from assembly Lamduan’s mom Joomsri Seekanya, the family’s determined want was for her daughter’s body to be returned to Thailand. Relatives were introduced with a memorial guide displaying the spot where Lamduan was buried and how the group had cared for her.
“Mr and Mrs Seekanya had been deeply moved by this they usually asked for their heat thanks and appreciation to be passed on to residents in Horton-in-Ribblesdale.”