Parents of teenage girl found dead in a suitcase issue heartbreaking statement

The heartbroken parents of a teen girl found dead in a suitcase told of how the news floored them, telling reporters their worst fears had come true. Tunchanok Donhomla was 17 when she vanished without a trace on June 25 in the Thai city of Pattaya. Police have since discovered her naked body, folded up in a suitcase and dumped alongside railway tracks. British-Australian man Simon Peter Carman, 45, has been charged with her murder, as well as concealment of a body, moving or destroying a body, and taking a minor aged between 15 and 18 for sexual purposes. Her parents have described being "shocked and speechless" over her gruesome death. "We never expected this. When they found her, we still hoped she was alive," Her stepmother, Oradee Bussarakum, told Australian national broadcaster the ABC. Her father, Thongchai Donhomla, 46, described his daughter as helpful, kind and resourceful. He said: “My daughter had no mother, so whenever she wanted anything, she would find a way herself, and she always helped ⁠me too. He and Ms Oradee made the journey from their home in the northeast Thailand province of Kalasin to look for their daughter after her friends reported her missing on Friday. They told local Thai press that the 17-year-old had only been in the city for a few days before she was killed. "We were scared. We just hoped it wouldn't turn out the way we feared," Ms Oradee said, adding: "Now our eyes are swollen from crying." Ms Oradee said her stepdaughter had travelled to Pattaya on June 16, telling her parents she wanted to go for a holiday with her friend.