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| Game show winner help Thai police hunt tourist killer |
| 2007-02-28 |
| Police in Thailand have enlisted the help of a television game show winner to help track down the suspected killer of two Russian women, whose dead bodies were found on a Thai beach over the weekend, police said Wednesday. The contestant from "The Real Fan," a show that quizzes experts in a variety of areas, won in 2002 on the subject of motorcycles and police have asked him to identify the suspected getaway vehicle captured by security cameras, said police Col. Itthipol Apirakphinyo, an investigator in the case. The bodies of Tatiana Tsimfer, 30, and Liubov Svirkova, 25, were found Saturday morning slumped in lounge chairs on a beach in Pattaya, a resort town about 110 kilometers (70 miles) southeast of Bangkok known for its beaches, thriving sex industry and high crime rate. Witnesses reported hearing gunfire about 5 a.m. and saw a man, believed to be Thai, running from the beach and then speeding off on a motorcycle. Security cameras captured fuzzy images of the motorcycle, which game show winner Sommart Srisamacharn was able to identify as a Honda Wave scooter, said Itthipol. "Computer experts are now helping to make the footage more clear and the motorcycle expert will help police again when the footage comes back from the lab," Itthipol said, adding that with more information police hoped to determine if the scooter was rented. Police said there were dozens of calls to the victims' mobile phones shortly before the murders and investigators were trying to track down the callers, believed to be Russian. Itthipol said it remained unclear if the gunman had any link to the callers. Peculiarly gruesome murder scene photo at link |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 I'll take 'Getaway Cars' for $400, Alex. |
| Posted by: Ken Jennings 2007-02-28 09:56 |
| #1 I'm sure this will become a series on the USA Network... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-02-28 08:40 |