Sketch of Canadians murderer released

Sketch of thief who killed Canadian released

BANGKOK: -- Police yesterday released a sketch of the armed thief who
shot and killed a Canadian businessman and injured three others at a
Christmas party in a Bangkok condominium on Monday night.

Police handed out the sketch of a dark-skinned Thai male of about 170
centimetres in height - who could speak English, but not fluently - to
members of the public and all city police stations.

Two police units are searching for the man - one is seeking information
about him around the Sukhumvit Soi 22 area while the other is looking
for items that he might have sold to pawnshops or cell phone shops
across the city.

Metropolitan Police Division 5 Commander Maj-General Anan Srihiran said
the businessman, Mark Jay Keffer, 42, was not close to the Sultan of
Brunei as some news reports had suggested, but was a son-in-law of a
former Brunei minister.

On Monday night, Keffer, who reportedly worked in Brunei, was
celebrating Christmas with his wife and six others at a relative's
condominium in Khlong Toei district when a gunman entered from a
balcony and robbed the party guests at gunpoint, taking Bt15,000 in
cash, seven wris****ches and a digital camera.

Keffer's wife hit the robber with her handbag and he then opened fire,
killing Keffer and wounding her and two relatives from Brunei.

--The Nation 2006-12-28