The mistake that allowed Thai police to catch Daniel Sancho in record time

There is no perfect crime. So say the researchers and those from Thailand have been racing against time since August 3 to solve the puzzle of the scandalous case of Daniel Sancho, a Spanish chef, who pleaded guilty to the murder of Edwin Arrieta, a Colombian surgeon.

Sancho sued the disappearance of the doctor in Thailand and in less than 48 hours he was already designated as the prime suspect in the Colombian’s death.

Sancho and Arrieta traveled to Thailand to enjoy the full moon party. The doctor arrived in the Asian country after the chief, who was waiting for him.

Sancho and Arrieta, who met via Instagram in 2022, “met in Phangan on August 2, the day the surgeon was presumed killed and mutilated, whose remains have been found in several locations, including the sea,” he reported. .

Arrieta’s family, in Colombia, warned that something strange was going on because they couldn’t contact him.

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According to Lecturas, at the request of the specialist’s sister, the Spaniard went to inform the Thai authorities about the disappearance of the surgeon.

“This is how the doctor’s sister asked him by message after she failed to contact him (Edwin),” that medium published.

Daniel Sancho, he said, “first went to the police where they started asking him all sorts of questions.”

At the same time, the authorities practically also received a serious complaint: they had found human remains in some bags. The bleak discovery was made by ‘an operator of the cleaning service’.

But how did the investigation lead the eyes to Sancho in such a short time?

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How Daniel Sancho was quickly linked to the murder

According to what has been told to the Thai media, everything seems to be about a ticket, Lecturas reports.

The publication described that in a bag “the police also found a ticket. When they went to the establishment issuing the voucher and consulted their security cameras, they were able to see Sancho making the aforementioned purchase.

That would be the evidence that led them to arrest the son of actor Rodolfo Sancho.

On Saturday, August 5, the news came from Thailand and the EFE office reported that: the Spaniard confessed to the crime committed on the island of Phangan.

Sancho arrived on the said island on Tuesday, August 1 to meet Arrieta upon his arrival on August 2, according to the police report known to the media.

It was then learned that the chef had “purchased a knife and other kitchen utensils from a supermarket nearby”.

First-degree murder

Thai police reported on Tuesday, August 15, that Daniel Sancho “gave negative results in a drug test conducted at the police station on Phangan Island after he was arrested for the murder and dismemberment of Edwin Arrieta,” EFE reported.

Thai police deputy director Surachate Hakparn announced on Tuesday the 15th that the Spaniard “will be charged with first-degree murder for which they will seek the death penalty”.

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New details also emerged in mid-August: Sancho was said to have “stabbed” Arrieta during an argument.

“There was a fight and then Daniel stabbed Edwin, who hit his head on the sink,” the police chief said, according to EFE.

The evidence links Sancho to the surgeon’s tragic death. Moreover, he confessed the facts 10 days ago.

It was not an accident because he went to buy material for the murder, such as a knife and a razor

Surachate Hakparn

For the police, “it was not an accident, because he went to buy material for the murder, such as a knife and a razor,” the police officer added.

“We are two destroyed families”: message from Sancho’s father to the victim’s sister

The murder affects two families. Neither of them is still giving credit to what happened in Thailand.

According to Marca, the journalist Nacho Abad has released a message attributed to Rodolfo Sancho, actor and father of Daniel, which he allegedly sent to the sister of doctor Edwin Arrieta.

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The released message is this: “Hello honey, how are you? I am Rodolfo Sancho, father of Daniel Sancho. I’m very sorry about what happened to your brother. I think he must have had a disorder. Sorry, we are two destroyed families.

“I’m sorry, I don’t know what could have gone through Daniel’s mind. Sorry, we are very confused with everything that is happening,” he added.

Some of Sancho’s parents are hurt and have no answer as to why he took such a horrific action; Of the others, the Arrietas, the assassin’s sister, said, “I don’t know if they can bear all this. I’m afraid”.