On the way, Ms. On was assaulted and believed to have died from a broken neck. Mr. Apichai told Mr. Chalermrit to drive to Huay Luang stream. He gave a gun to Mr.Chalermrit, who shot Ms. Phrai dead. The bodies were then dumped into the stream.
Pol.Lt.Gen Kawi said Mr. Khomsan and Mr. Apichai had run a cross-border drug trade together with a man who was Ms. On's husband. They had given money to the man to buy methamphetamine pills, ice or crystal methamphetamine and marijuana in Laos to smuggle across the border to Nong Khai.
Ms. On's husband was recently arrested by Nong Khai police with 100 methamphetamine pills, 5kg marijuana and some ice.