Body of missing German businessman found in freezer in Thailand | Abroad

Hans Peter Mack (62) was reported missing on July 4 by his wife. His body has now been found in a freezer in Pattaya. Two other Germans and a Pakistani were arrested by Thai police.

LOOK. Police find body of German businessman in freezer

Hans Peter Mack was reported missing on July 4 by his wife. According to the Bangkok Post, the 24-year-old Thai sounded the alarm when her husband did not come home after a meeting. They were supposed to have lunch together, according to Thai PBS World, but he never showed up. After she tried to call him, he texted her saying he was still working on a client. His wife thought that was suspicious, according to her, he never texted her.

Mack’s body was found in pieces on Monday in a freezer of a house rented by a German friend of Mack’s. Pattaya News reports this, based on statements from neighbors. The authorities in Banglamung have confirmed that the body parts in garbage bags are indeed Mack’s.

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Surveillance cameras, according to Pattaya News, have recorded that the freezer was transported in a black pick-up truck by people with a foreign nationality. A neighbor told the news medium that a German man named Olaf and a German woman had been living in the house for the past three months. They would be acquaintances of Mack. Both were arrested by the police and are being questioned. According to Pattaya News, a third perpetrator has also been arrested, and the police believe that some Thai suspects are also involved in the murder.

Before his body was found, the Thai police reportedly found Mack’s car in a parking lot on Sunday. According to the Bangkok Post, traces of bleach were found on the seats, dashboard, steering wheel and gear lever. According to the police, there was an intention to destroy evidence.

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