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British Man Extradited for Alleged Murder of Thai Wife in 2004

British Man Extradited for Alleged Murder of Thai Wife in 2004

A 62-year-old British man, suspected of murdering his Thai wife over two decades ago, has been repatriated to the UK, according to an Immigration Police source.

David Stuart Armitage, wanted for the 2004 murder of Lamduan Seekanya, was arrested on January 23 in Kanchanaburi’s Muang district. He was later handed over to the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok and put on a flight to London, where he was taken into custody by North Yorkshire police upon arrival at Heathrow Airport.

Lamduan’s body was discovered in a Yorkshire Dales stream on September 20, 2004, but remained unidentified for years. Locals, unaware of her identity, buried her in a churchyard and called her “The Lady of the Hills.” Advances in forensic technology eventually confirmed her identity in 2019 after her parents in Udon Thani recognized her story in a BBC report.

Lamduan had married Armitage in 1991 after meeting him in Chiang Mai. She later moved to England, where she worked in a Thai restaurant and allegedly suffered abuse from her husband before disappearing. After her death, Armitage relocated to Thailand, teaching English at a university in Kanchanaburi.

Authorities believe Lamduan was murdered, and Armitage now faces legal proceedings in the UK.

 

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Chumsi Seekanya, next to her husband Buasa, shows a picture of their missing daughter Lamduan, and a sketch of a still-unidentified woman whose body was found in Yorkshire, England in 2004, at their home in Udon Thani in January 2019. (Photo by Yuttapong Kumnodnae) Bangkokpost

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