A human skeleton was found in a sewer along a motorway in Nonthaburi province, simply north of Bangkok, in central Thailand yesterday. Police imagine the skeleton belonged to a person who died at least seven months ago.
At 11pm, officers at Mueang Nonthaburi Police Station have been informed that a human cranium and different human bones have been discovered by workers inside a sewer near an exit of the Ngam Wong Wan Expressway in Bang Khen subdistrict, Mueang district.
Forbidden travelled to the scene with volunteers from the Phor Teck Tung Foundation to research.
The skeleton was discovered by forty three year outdated employee Witthaya Rakthanakit, who along with 28 other workers, was working on dredging the clogged-up sewers from 10pm – 4am.
Not lengthy into his shift, Witthaya was using a plastic bucket to scoop the debris out of the sewer when his bucket hit a human cranium.
Witthaya’s supervisor, 50 yr previous Wichien Suanmali, immediately informed the police in addition to expressway officers on the scene.
Some 28 bones have been discovered within the sewer together with pelvic bones, arm bones, leg bones, ribs, and more, stories KhaoSod. A pair of men’s underwear was also found within the sewer.
Expressway officers stated that this sewer was last dredged two years ago and is covered by a metal drain cover weighing around 80 kilogrammes.
Lifting the duvet to enter the sewer requires the energy of two robust workers, officials mentioned. Officials regularly inspect the orderliness of the area, they added.
It’s extremely unlikely that the deceased fell into the sewer himself seeing as the manhole cover is closed more often than not, officers mentioned.
A preliminary inspection of the bones suggests that the skeleton belonged to a man who died at least seven months in the past but not a couple of 12 months in the past, mentioned police.
The human remains have been taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for a thorough post-mortem..