The Spider Bite | Pattaya's Suitcase Murder

At 3:34 in the morning of June 25th, 2026, security cameras inside a condominium in Jomtien, Pattaya recorded a 17-year-old Thai girl and a 46-year-old Australian man entering a lift together. Eighteen hours later, the same cameras recorded the man leaving alone — pulling a large black suitcase. He loaded it onto a motorbike and rode toward the railway line. Nine minutes later, he came back. Without the suitcase. The girl's body was found inside the suitcase beside the railway tracks, 4.2 kilometres from the building. The man was arrested at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport at 1:15am the following morning — boarding a flight to Perth, Australia. In his pocket was the girl's mobile phone. On his neck and arms were deep scratch marks. When police asked how he got them, he said a spider had bitten him. His name was Simon Peter Carman, from Ballarat, Victoria. He had been known to Western Australian Police before leaving Australia. His firearms licence had been suspended. He had lived in Jomtien for eight months. Nobody in his building knew much about him. This is the full documented story of the 44 hours that followed — the CCTV footage, the interrogation sessions that produced two completely contradictory accounts, the video message that outraged a nation, and what justice means for a family in Kalasin province that is still waiting for a trial date. ⚠️ This video contains detailed discussion of the death of a minor and active criminal proceedings in Thailand. All information is sourced directly from Pattaya City Police public statements, Al Jazeera, ABC News Australia, 7NEWS Australia, CNN, BBC, and verified Thai media reporting. Simon Peter Carman is presumed innocent unless and until convicted. #TrueCrime #SimonCarman #PattayaMurder #ThanchanokDonhomlao #AustralianInThailand