Police have identified the severed head hanging from the Rama VIII bridge and the headless body discovered in the Chao Phraya River as 54 year-old Italian Maurizio Tosadori. A guesthouse owner on Khao San Road contacted police after seeing news reports and confirmed that the man was a guest who had been staying at her guesthouse for more than two weeks without paying. A letter addressed to Wimon, the guest house owner, found in Tosadori's rented room contains the message "Thank you very much for everything. I'm sorry for the inconvenience." Police now believe that it was likely the Italian had committed suicide as he was apparently chronically ill and broke. The day he disappeared, Wimon had asked him to vacate the room as he had not paid rent since checking in.
The Nation