{"id":22268,"date":"2025-02-01T22:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T22:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/husband-held-on-suspicion-of-murdering-thai-wife-in-2004\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T22:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T22:51:01","slug":"husband-held-on-suspicion-of-murdering-thai-wife-in-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/husband-held-on-suspicion-of-murdering-thai-wife-in-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Husband held on suspicion of murdering Thai wife in 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lamduan Armitage remained unidentified by British police for 15 years and became known as the Lady of the Hills<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The British husband of a Thai woman whose body was found in the Yorkshire Dales more than 20 years ago has been arrested on suspicion of her murder. <\/p>\n

Walkers discovered Lamduan Armitage’s half-naked body in a stream near Pen-y-ghent in 2004 and she remained unidentified for 15 years until her family saw a BBC News report and came forward<\/a>.<\/p>\n

David Armitage, who had lived in Thailand since her death, was arrested earlier when he returned to the UK after the Thai authorities revoked his resident visa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

North Yorkshire Police, which is investigating the death, said: “A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Lamduan Armitage in 2004. He remains in police custody for questioning.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A group of walkers had posed for a picture when they noticed Lamduan’s body in the stream<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Mr Armitage was detained last Thursday at his house in Kanchanaburi before being transferred to the Bangkok Immigration Detention Centre.<\/p>\n

He did not file an immigration petition meaning he no longer had the right to stay in Thailand.<\/p>\n

He returned to the UK on Saturday morning and was arrested by police shortly after his arrival at Heathrow Airport, the BBC understands. <\/p>\n

The BBC has not spoken with Mr Armitage but he has previously said he was not involved in his wife’s death, according to The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mrs Armitage, nee Seekanya, became known as the Lady of the Hills during attempts to identify her after her body was found on 20 September 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A post-mortem examination established she had died between one and three weeks before her body was found, but it could not determine how she died. <\/p>\n

There was no sign of violence and hypothermia was ruled out, but detectives could not answer two main questions; who she was or how she met her death.<\/p>\n

A cold case review was started in 2016 and scientific advances meant police were able to piece together a more detailed picture of who she was and concluded she had been killed.<\/p>\n

Three years later there was a major breakthrough when a Thai family read about the case and believed the woman could be their daughter who vanished in 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The mother-of-three lived with her husband in Portsmouth, Rugby and Preston between 1991 and 2003<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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This led North Yorkshire Police to carry out DNA testing to confirm her identity.<\/p>\n

Inquiries established she had moved to the UK in 1991 with Mr Armitage after they were married in Thailand and they had been living in northern England before her death.<\/p>\n

Listen to highlights from <\/i>North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds<\/i><\/a>, catch up with the latest <\/i>episode of Look North<\/i><\/a> or tell us a story you think <\/i>we should be covering here<\/i><\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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