This is the shocking moment a battered woman was rescued after being almost boiled alive after her ex-boyfriend locked her in his 60c car boot. The woman had been getting a lift to work with Khun Narong, 40, in Surat Thani province, southern Thailand.
But the pair began arguing and Narong allegedly stabbed her in the neck before hauling her out of the passenger seat and dragging her to the boot at 8am.
The twisted ex is said to have slammed the hood shut, locked it and disappeared with the key – leaving her to bleed and suffocate in sweltering heat as temperatures outside reached 38C.
The temperature inside the boot is believed to have passed 60C.
Miraculously, residents heard the 37-year-old woman’s muffled cries for help from the white Mazda just after 10am and alerted the authorities.
Locals prized open the boot with a metal gardening instrument – finding her inside with a flicker of life having been inside for nearly two hours.
When the woman, who police would not name, slowly came round she told her rescuers: “you found me, I was praying somebody would find me, I had given up, thank you, thank you”.
Rescue workers from the Surat Rescue Charitable Trust arrived and rushed her to hospital where she recounted the ordeal to police.
Officers tracked down ex-boyfriend Narong who was arrested at remanded in custody while an investigation was launched.