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Breaking: Australian arrested after teenage girl's body found in a suitcase in Thailand

ABC Australia · Jun 27, 2026, 4:39 AM · Also reported by 3 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Simon Carman was arrested in Thailand on Friday night.
  • Simon Carman, 45, from Ballarat in Victoria, was arrested on Friday evening at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok.
  • Police allege he picked up Tunchanok Donhomla, 17, from the Beach Road vice strip in Pattaya in the early hours of Thursday morning, local time.

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Simon Carman was arrested in Thailand on Friday night. (AP/Viral Press)

Link copied Share Share article An Australian man has been arrested in Thailand as investigations continue into the discovery of the body of a teenage girl found stuffed inside a suitcase.

Simon Carman, 45, from Ballarat in Victoria, was arrested on Friday evening at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok.

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