The police continue their search for the dismembered doctor’s parts

Thai Island Police Koh Phangan The collection of evidence, including various DNA results, continues in connection with the case of the murder of Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta, for which the Spaniard Daniel Sancho pleaded guilty.

Sancho, who is in temporary custody at a prison on the island of Koh Samui (south of Koh Phangan), pleaded guilty to murdering and dismembering Arrieta, whose remains were first found last week in a tourist dump.

So far, seven of the fifteen parts have been found in which, according to Sancho’s confession to the police, dismembered Arrieta’s corpse.

This is what the agents of Koh Phangan, who questioned the Spaniard after his arrest last Saturday, told EFE.

Koh Phangan police revealed to EFE that Sancho pointed to one or two trash containers where he allegedly dumped some of Arrieta’s remains, although they believe he could have made a mistake because he “doesn’t know the area well and could be disoriented.”

According to the same source, most of the remains of Arrieta they were thrown into the sea.

The Koh Phangan Police Station assured EFE that they cannot give an estimate of how long this process will take since it is about collecting all possible evidence.

“At the moment we are continuing to check the images from the security cameras and are waiting for the results of some tests DNA. Since the lab is in Bangkok, it takes time to get some results,” the source explained.

In addition, the police revealed that at this time the mobile phone of the victim, who has already been officially identified, has not been found.

As a police source confirmed for EFE, the agents in charge of the case do not plan for a moment to question Sancho again.

The police have 84 days to prepare the first report on the investigation, which, upon completion, will be submitted to the prosecutor. Then the trial could begin.