A 36-year-old Thai woman alleged to be one of the worst serial killers in the history of the country was convicted and sentenced to death for killing a friend by cyanide poisoning, the first of 14 murders she has committed. Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, addicted to online gambling, is accused of defrauding thousands of dollars from her victims before killing them, AFP reported. The "serial killer" was convicted on Wednesday by a Bangkok court for poisoning and killing her friend Siriporn Kanwong.
Sararat and Siriporn reportedly met with each other near Bangkok in April 2023 to release a fish into the Mae Klong River for a Buddhist ritual. ALSO READ | Bangkok hotel deaths: Cyanide traces found in coffees of 6 foreigners After having a meal with Sararat, Siriporn collapsed, and shortly after that, she died. When she was found, her phone, money and other belongings had been missing.
As her relatives refused to accept it as death caused by natural causes, Siriporn's postmortem revealed that there were traces of cyanide in her body. Sararat was arrested, and eventually, police were able to uncover her link to the series of unsolved cyanide poisonings dating back to 2015, officials said. After the trial, Siriporn's mother, Tongpin Kiatchanasiri, told reporters, "The court's decision is just.
I want to tell my daughter that I miss her deeply, and justice has been done for her today." Tongpin said that Sararat was smiling when her sentence was being read in court, BBC reported. The accuse.