Spanish journalist's article on Thai killer sparks forum outrage

The journalist who profiled Thailand’s blonde killer and ignited online fury

A young, handsome plastic surgeon with a corpse behind him. The combination—physical beauty, extreme violence, and an article by a well-known journalist—quickly steered the conversation toward claims that the suspect’s looks were earning him media sympathy the victim never received. The El Español text that sparked this did not defend the killer. Quite the opposite. But in certain forums, that hardly matters.

What the article actually said about the blonde killer

Written by Carme Chaparro for El Español, the piece begins by describing the detainee like an advertisement: youth, beauty, abs, tanned skin, sun-bleached blonde hair, illustrious lineage, and a tortured air. Then comes the twist: “But he is a killer.” The author contrasts this image with the distant profile of the surgeon and describes the victim without nuance. The conclusion is explicit: “There can be no compassion. No pity. No sorrow for his life.”

The problem was that many commenters engaged without reading it. Some admitted the headline suggested praise for the suspect. When the full text was shared, several had to correct themselves. “This article doesn’t defend Sancho; quite the contrary,” one admitted. Another added: “It specifically criticizes people defending the killer because he’s handsome.”

Why the journalist is accused of being attracted to the suspect

The most repeated accusation wasn’t about the content, but the writer’s supposed intent. The dominant thesis was that the journalist devoted the text to a confessed killer due to physical attraction. “Menopausal woman longing for old glories,” one summarized. “Charo wetting her panties for a pretty boy killer, nothing new,” added another, a widely supported message.

The argument rested on an unverified premise: that the article defended the detainee. When proven false, the accusation mutated. It wasn’t defense anymore, but excessive detail. The description of the killer’s beauty, intended as sarracena contrast, was read as voyeurism. “The journalist needed several changes of underwear to finish the article,” wrote one participant.

Double standards in media coverage of the crime

The thread shifted to a broader thesis: the suspect’s looks influenced coverage. One user posed a mental experiment: “If a hot woman committed the crime and a man wrote the same article, we’d see what that bitch would say.” Crude, but the core argument—that the gender of author and subject changes reception—appeared in various forms.

Another highly rated message pointed elsewhere: “And in this shithole forum, they insult him not for being a butcher, but for being a bad-boy hunk who looked like the guy who bullied them in school.” This time, the attack was on the critics: envy, class resentment, identification with schoolyard bullies. “ENVY, and more envy, is what some of your messages show,” wrote another.

Suspect profile and the crime narrative in Thailand

Case details mentioned are sparse and incidental. A plastic surgeon, a crime in Thailand, a good-looking detainee, and a victim described clearly. One user summed up the confusion: “He had everything going for him, having won the genetic lottery, and ended up ruining his life by killing a crippled gigolo.”

This reads as a man with resources, physique, and opportunities, arrested for homicide. That combination—wasted privilege—fuels the irritation. Not the crime itself, which nobody disputes, but the feeling that the author spent more lines on the suspect’s hair than on the body.

Conversation evolution: from indignation to internal reckoning

The thread began as a reaction against the journalist and ended as a fight among participants over who had the right to be indignant. Initial messages rejected the article. Midway, someone posted the full text, forcing corrections. “Thanks for bringing it, trash bin and lefty for those entering blindly,” wrote one who corrected himself.

From there, focus shifted. They weren’t discussing the article, but the reaction it provoked. A popular message stated bluntly: “Everyone in this fag forum knows how to get laid, but as good cowards, they lack the balls to do it.” Directed at fellow users, it closed the circle: outrage over media treatment of the handsome killer became a debate about the sens lives of the outraged.

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The disorienting fact remains. The article didn’t defend the killer. It called him a killer, the victim a victim, and explicitly denied compassion. Yet for hours, the conversation revolved around the writer’s alleged attraction. Full-text reading came late and didn’t change the tone. When someone noted poor reading comprehension, the response was another personal attack. Meanwhile, the blonde killer barely appeared in the thread except as an excuse.