According to a report by BBC, authorities in Thailand have formally charged Songsak Songsaeng with the alleged fatal beatings of his two-year-old daughter and his two infant sons. The police also suspect that he may have been involved in the deaths of two other infant sons from a previous marriage.
These charges come in the wake of the discovery last week of the lifeless body of a two-year-old girl buried beneath the kitchen floor.
Police have revealed that Songsak has claimed to have a history of mental illness and cited an inability to tolerate the sound of his children crying as the motive behind these tragic incidents. In addition to Songsak, his wife has also faced charges in connection with the death of their two-year-old daughter, while his ex-wife is being charged in connection with the deaths of the two boys. All three individuals have been apprehended. It is noteworthy that Songsak has been married four times.
This disturbing case initially came to the attention of the authorities when reports of possible domestic violence in the Bang Khen district of Bangkok surfaced earlier this month.
Songsak’s neighbors reported that his two daughters, aged 12 and four, were being physically abused. Police rescued the two daughters while they were home without their parents.
The 12-year-old told police that their parents had beaten her two-year-old sister, which led to her death. She also helped police trace the body to where it was buried under a kitchen floor in north-west Thailand last week.
Thai police have also charged Songsak with the killing of two other sons he had with his third wife after his DNA matched with that of two infants, whose bodies were unearthed 10 years ago.
His third wife had said he killed their four infant sons and gave police locations where two were buried.
Police believe the two others may have been buried under an area where a petrol station now stands.
