The son of a well-known Spanish actor has been detained in Thailand in connection with the death and dismemberment of a Colombian man on the tourist island of Koh Phangan, Thai police have said.
Daniel Sancho Bronchal appeared before a court as police sought his continued detention for investigation, a police spokesman said.
Mr Sancho travelled yesterday with police to seven sites, including a beach where he is accused of dumping plastic bags containing body parts of a man police later identified as Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, 44.
Mr Sancho, 29, is charged with premeditated murder and concealing and removing body parts to cover up the death or thecause of death of the victim, the police said.
The son of Rodolfo Sancho Aguirre who starred in El Ministerio del Tempo (The Ministry of Time) and actress Silvia Bronchalo, Daniel Sancho works as a chef and was visiting Thailand on holiday, media reported.
His family released a statement asking for "maximum respect, both for Daniel Sancho himself and for the whole family, in these delicate moments of maximum confusion".
Mr Sancho was detained shortly after body parts were found at a landfill on Koh Phangan, an island well-known to tourists for monthly 'full moon' parties. Police say he has confessed to the crime.
The police said DNA tests of the remains proved them to be of Dr Arrieta, adding they have other evidence against Mr Sancho.
CCTV footage showed by local broadcaster Thai PBS showed the two men on a motorcycle together days before the remains were discovered.
Thai police said the investigation is ongoing as authorities continue the search for the rest of the surgeon's remains.
