A policeman was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife by shooting her in the head.
Police Major Songklod Boonsong initially claimed that his attractive partner Pimchadaporn Pooyamsai, 30, shot herself at home in Bangkok, Thailand.
Her blood-splattered body was taken away in an ambulance the next morning on Saturday (June 20) after the policeman raised the alarm.
However, Pimchadaporn's family pointed out that she was right handed - and at the alleged crime scene she was holding the weapon in her left hand and the wound was in her left temple.
Officers arrested the cop and allegedly found gunshot residue on his hands.
He has now been remanded in custody at the Lat Phrao district station.
Pimchadaporn's sister Panita Boonchote, 31, said the family suspected that the officer had killed their relative as she had allegedly previously complained of domestic violence, with him attacking her.
She said: "The family knew about the beatings that my sister had suffered from her husband.
"She was also found holding the gun in her left hand and the wound was on her left temple despite her being right-handed.'' Police Major Songklod made the initial report at his local station and requested forensic officers examine the body.
He told investigating officers that his wife had recently been stressed about her mother's illness.
The cop was later sent to the hospital for an alcohol blood level check, the results of which were not disclosed but detectives said they would ''be used in the investigation''.
Police later revealed that the suspect had gunshot residue on his hands.
Police Colonel Rungsakul Boonkrapue said: "The officer will be charged with reporting false evidence and he will be placed under investigation for the incident as he is now a murder suspect.'' The dead woman's mother Thongsai Phukongnam, 56, said she wants the police to take the case seriously as she wants justice for he daughter.
She said: "I do not believe that my daughter had committed suicide because she had never showed any sign of being suicidal.
"I also want the police to investigate the case without and bias and bring justice to my daughter."