Investigators said Friday they were running DNA tests on a desiccated corpse discovered in an empty water tank atop an abandoned building in a bid to identify who it was.
The spokesman of the Police Hospital’s Institute of Forensic Medicine said Friday that an initial examination of the remains had been completed but would not share specifics regarding the autopsy results, citing policy. He would only confirmed that the deceased was male.
“We are currently testing his DNA. So far the body has not been identified yet, nor has any family member contacted the police about a missing person matching the deceased’s description,” Watee Asawutmangkun said, adding that foul play did not seem to be involved.
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Earlier this week, metro police Division 2 commander Ekkachai Boonwisut told reporters that he suspected the deceased might have been a homeless person who wandered into the abandoned building for shelter. He may have fallen into the tank and been unable to escape, he theorized.
The badly decomposed remains were discovered on the 32nd floor of a deserted building on Ratchadaphisek Road on Sunday by a man inspecting the building for renovations. He told reporters that the tower was abandoned nearly 30 years ago while under construction. The building, meant to be a hotel, was never completed due to a legal dispute that was recently settled.
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“I saw the shoes first and then socks. When I crouched down to get a closer look, that’s when I saw the skeleton,” he said.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Royal Thai Police Operations Center at 1599 or Phahon Yothin Police Station at 02-512-2447.
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