Photos/Video: Man livesteams his suicide via Facebook Live
A man was found dead on
Tuesday, September 6th in Thailand after live streaming his suicide via
Facebook Live. Charoen Chimphuk was found dead inside an apartment in Soi
Phaholyothin, Bangkok, the morning after he filmed himself hanging himself in a
streaming video which ran for about 30 minutes.
His 24 year old wife,
Sangrawee Omdee, told police she rushed to the residence after seeing the
30-year-old was preparing to hang himself through the live broadcast streamed
via his personal account on 11:46pm.
Titled “Just a man going
to die,” the live video showed a calm Charoen making preparations for about 19
minutes to hang himself from a ceiling fan. He is mostly silent the entire time
apart from some comments about his family
"I have nothing left," he says at one
point.
His body remains
suspended motionless for another dozen minutes or so. The video is still
available but a content warning had been added by Facebook by Tuesday
afternoon.
"His wife was not suspicious about his
death and believes it was a suicide," said police Col. Amnat Intharasuan
of Bang Khen Police Station. "Though the case is being investigated by the
police’s office of forensic science, as it must be."
Sangrawee told police
she has lived with Charoen for five years, and the two have a 3-year-old
daughter. She recently found out he was having an affair with another woman, so
she had left him. She said the room where Charoen hanged himself was where he
went to see the other woman. Police said they did not find the live video
suspicious and believe Charoen hanged himself of his own free will.
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