Sad goodbye to endless love


Under close watch: For over two decades, Charn hid his wife’s body in this shed on his property. — The Straits Times/ANN

Some regard it as a love story for the ages, while others may be taken aback by the morbid nature of this affair.

Former army medic Charn Janwatchakal, 73, had for 21 years lived with his late wife’s body as he could not bear to cremate her after she died of an illness in 2001.

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