From 30 January to 21 June 2005, Pumpuang killed five women in several different provinces, usually by strangulation or by tying them up and holding their heads under water. The killings took place in hotels, and he usually stole items like cellphones from the women. • Patcharee Amatanirand, café singer: strangled with a wire in a hotel in
Thap Thiang subdistrict, Trang province on June 11. During interrogation, Pumpuang testified that on the day before the murder, he had taken Rasmee's motorcycle and driven to the Khon Kaen Hospital before safely returning it. This act supposedly angered her and caused them to quarrel, which eventually resulted in him manually strangling her until she fainted. He then took out a wire and continued strangling her until she was dead. After this, Pumpuang took out the transparent tape and wrapped it around her neck, tied the phone to her feet, stowed the body under the mattress, and fled the residence. The Director-General of the Department of Corrections, Naratch Sawetanan, also announced that a review would be conducted on how examinations for mentally-ill inmates are conducted, despite the fact that Pumpuang himself has never been diagnosed with any such illness. The couple who reported the tip that led to the killer's arrest were later given awards for their bravery, as well as 80,000
baht. ==See also==