Daniel Sancho Bronchal appeared in court on Monday as police requested his continued detention for investigation, Police General Saranyu Chamnanrat said. Reuters.
Sancho traveled with police to seven sites on Sunday, including a beach where he is accused of throwing plastic bags containing body parts of a man police later identified as Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, 44 years old.
Sancho, 29, is charged with premeditated murder and concealment and removal of body parts to conceal the victim’s death or cause of death, Saranyu said.
Son of famous actor Rodolfo Sancho who starred in “El Ministerio del Tiempo” (“The Ministry of Time”) and actress Silvia Bronchalo, Daniel Sancho works as a chef and was on vacation in Thailand, media reported.
His family issued a statement on Sunday asking for “maximum respect, both for Daniel Sancho himself and for the whole family, in these delicate moments of maximum confusion”.
Sancho was arrested shortly after body parts were discovered in a landfill on Koh Phangan, an island well known to tourists for its monthly ‘full moon’ parties.
Police said he confessed to the crime. Police said DNA testing of the remains proved they belonged to Arrieta, adding they had other evidence against Sancho.
CCTV footage released by local broadcaster ThaiPBS showed Sancho and Arrieta riding a motorbike together days before the remains were discovered.
Thai police said the investigation is continuing as authorities continue to search for the remains of Arrieta’s remains.
