LAMPHUN: The neighbour of an assistant nurse stabbed to death in this northern province has been arrested for her murder. Sathaporn Reeliang, 25, was captured after allegedly fleeing to his home province of Uttaradit
where he was captured and returned to Lamphun yesterday, police said. Mr Sathaporn admitted killing Saijai Khiewnormuang, who worked at Lamphun Hospital, and stealing her valuables, said Pol Maj Gen Somsa-nga a Charin, Lamphun police chief. Saijai, 32, was found nude with 13 stab wounds to he body, at a two-storey dormitory on Chamthewi Road in Muang district on Tuesday morning, police said. Police found traces