PHUKET, July 19 – An American man was arrested in Thailand’s southern seaside resort island of Phuket on charges of murdering a Thai woman working in nightclub, a senior police officer told a press briefing Monday.

Ronald John Fanelli, a 37-year-old suspect with an outstanding arrest warrant, was apprehended for murder Sunday at his home in the Karon area of the provincial seat, said Pol Maj-Gen Pikat Tantipong, the provincial police commander.

Local police and immigration police seized a cellphone, a 10 cm penknife and other evidence found at his place.

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