Thai police conclude probe into serial ‘cyanide killer’

Police have concluded their investigation into Thailand’s “cyanide killer”, a lady accused of the homicide of at the least 14 individuals in what authorities are calling the nation’s worst-ever serial killer.

Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, 36, was arrested in April after households of quite a few alleged victims got here ahead.

Police say between 2015 and 2023, she killed 14 individuals in eight provinces by mixing cyanide into their meals.

A lot of the victims have been individuals Sararat owed cash to, whereas others have been individuals she stole from, police mentioned, including one in all her poisoning targets survived.

Cyanide is a rapid-acting lethal chemical that interferes with the physique’s skill to make use of oxygen.

Sararat has denied homicide however has confessed to utilizing cyanide, police mentioned.

Deputy police chief Surachate Hakparn known as the case “historic” and mentioned it could be forwarded to prosecutors afterward Friday.

“Thailand has had serial killers earlier than however the variety of deaths was not this excessive,” he informed a press convention.

Sararat faces 80 costs together with cyanide poisoning, forgery, theft and premeditated homicide, which carries the demise penalty, Surachate mentioned, including there would now be tighter rules on entry to cyanide.

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