DNA fails to match couple on two other skeletons

CRIME

The results of DNA tests on two other skeletons dug up from murder suspect Supat Laohawattana's orchard in Phetchaburi do not match a couple missing for three years who are believed to be dead, police said yesterday.

Supat: Police hope to press murder charges

A test on another skeleton had earlier been found not to match Samart and Orasa Kerdsap.

Jongjate Aojanepong, director of the Police General Hospital, yesterday said none of the three skeletons tested by the hospital's Institute of Forensic Medicine matched the DNA of the missing couple.

These results will be forwarded to police investigators looking into the couple's disappearance and the three skeletons found in the orchard, Pol Lt Gen Jongjate said.

Chief of Tha Mai Ruak police station, Pol Col Pichai Pokpong, who is leading the investigation, said police were still confident they would be able to prosecute Pol Col Supat - a doctor who formerly worked at the Police General Hospital - on murder charges.

Investigators were trying to establish links between the skeletons and the doctor, he said.

Pol Col Pichai said, at the very least, Pol Col Supat was facing charges related to his possession of illegal weapons and human trafficking.

Phetchaburi provincial labour office yesterday filed an additional charge against Pol Col Supat for allegedly employing illegal migrant workers after learning he had hired several workers for years without registering them.

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DNA fails to match couple on two other skeletons