Chiang Rai News
Chiang Rai Man Kills Wife With Axe Then Dumps Her Body in Pond
CHIANG RAI – Police arrested a Chiang Rai man on Tuesday night for allegedly hacking his wife to death with an axe and throwing her body in their fishpond before going for a drink.
Anon Jihom, 57, was arrested while drinking with friends not far from his house in Ban San Pladook village in Tambon Hua Ngoom of Chiang Rai’s Phan district.
The arrest was made shortly after police were alerted of the murder at 7pm
Anon was charged with murdering his wife, Mayuree Jihom, 54, and then dumping her her body in a pond behind their home. Police and rescue workers reported that she suffered at least five axe wounds to the neck, back and throat.
Relatives went to the house to check after they heard the couple quarrel, and saw the man ride his motorcycle away from the house.
A pool of blood and an axe were found in the kitchen, with blood tracing to the fish pond.