The girl was pronounced as dead at 1.30pm on Thursday at Pathum Thani Hospital after falling into a coma. The girl, who had been bedridden since birth due to autism, had been under the care of her grandmother, who fell sick on July 9. She was subsequently placed in the care of her mother who had remarried and lived with Ekkachai and their three children at Klong Chan Flat. Ekkachai reportedly admitted to police that he had assaulted the girl on impulse and did not know that she had a particularly fragile skull due to her condition. Ekkachai does not have a prior criminal history and his neighbours told police that there had not been incidents of domestic violence in the family before.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 20, 2017 09:33 UTC