Famous Actor’s Son Charged in Surgeon’s Gruesome Murder
The son of a well-known Spanish actor has been detained in Thailand and charged with murdering a surgeon and attempting to conceal the crime by dismembering the man’s body and dumping the remains at several sites.
Daniel Sancho Bronchal, 29, the son of actor Rodolfo Sancho Aguirre, appeared in court on Monday in connection with the grisly case in Koh Phangan—a picturesque island popular among tourists for its famed “full moon” parties. Sancho was taken into custody shortly after severed body parts were found in at a landfill on the island.
According to Reuters, Sancho accompanied police to seven locations on Sunday including a beach where he allegedly dropped plastic bags containing some of the remains of his victim. Police later identified the deceased as Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, 44, a Colombian surgeon.