Cops arrest man covered in scratch marks after dead 17-year-old girl found in suitcase

An Australian man has been arrested over the murder of a teenage girl whose naked body was found inside a suitcase alongside a railway line in Thailand.The 46-year-old man, from Ballarat, Victoria, was arrested for the murder of 17-year-old Thai girl Tunchanok Donhomla as he allegedly tried to board a plane at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on Friday evening, local media reports.His arms and neck were allegedly covered in scratch marks at the time of his arrest.According to local media, the man allegedly picked up the teenager from the Beach Road vice strip in Pattaya – a popular coastal resort city around two hours from Bangkok – in the early hours of Thursday morning before the pair traveled to the man’s hotel.CCTV footage shared online by Thai media shows the pair holding hands while walking past a security guard and into an elevator around 3:30 a.m.on Thursday.Police Colonel Anek Sarathongyu, Superintendent of the Pattaya City Police Station, told Viral Press, “The cameras show that nobody else entered the room.

There were signs of a struggle inside.”Hours later, the man can be seen in footage leaving the hotel with a black suitcase around 9:30 p.m., Viral Press reports.Surveillance footage reportedly shows the man riding a motorcycle with the luggage strapped to the back.Donhomla was reported missing by her friends at 5:00 p.m.on Friday, ViralPress reports.Two hours later, the Australian man was arrested by police at the airport and transported back to Pattaya.Around 11:00 p.m., officers reportedly found Donhomla’s naked body bent double in a 26-inch black suitcase alongside a railway line, around ten minutes from the hotel where the man had been staying.Colonel Sarathongyu said, “The victim went to the hotel room with the suspect, but she was not seen leaving.

Then, later, the Australian came out with a suitcase.“The victim was found dead inside the same suitcase.She was completely naked, her face showed signs of severe as...