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Post by HeadMarshal on Jul 7, 2014 13:13:30 GMT -5
Boonlert Thanarakol and Surjit Sae Sow have been wanted for over 35 years in connection with a homicide in Nassau County, New York. While I don't have their photos to post, I do have their 1991 reenactment from Youtube. Boonlert and Surjit were cocaine suppliers to the infamous Alan Golder in the late 1970s. Golder was the leader of a group of robbers known as the Dinnertime Bandits, because they would break into wealthy households while the occupants were having dinner, stealing valuables, especially jewelry before anyone would notice them. Golder convinced the two to help him in robbing the house of millionaire Lawrence Lever in December 1978. In the middle of the burglary after encountering Alan, Lawrence surprised Boonlert and Surjit as they were in a room. Before Lawrence could reach for a shotgun, Boonlert shot him to death. The trio then fled but Alan Golder was soon arrested. Golder cooperated with police and named other criminals, including members of the Genovese crime family, and as a result he only got 15 years in prison. After his release, he resumed his crime spree and became a fugitive, before being arrested in Europe in 2006. However, his two accomplices in the Lawrence Lever murder have never been located. Thoughts? It's believed that after their 1981 indictments, Boonlert and Surjit fled underground to Thailand, and they're probably still there. There probably have been hardly any leads in this case, which would explain why AMW didn't even reference them by name after Golder resumed his crime spree and became a fugitive. The two would only be around 60-years old by now, so they're most likely still alive. Thailand and the US did sign an extradition treaty in 1992 and I'm pretty certain murder would be an extraditable offense, however the two likely look nothing like they did in 1978, so they would be very difficult to spot. Sadly all of this makes the prospects of ever capturing them extremely unlikely. Admin Note #1: Based on wanted location, our advice for anyone who has information on the whereabouts of these fugitives would be to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS or submit a web tip to them at the following link: www.tipsubmit.com/webtips.aspx?AgencyID=291&DSID=291en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Golder www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/53895-most-wanted-for-murder-2-thais/Admin Note #2: If you have any news-related updates on this case, please contact us here: amwfans.com/thread/1662/website-contact-form |
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 7, 2014 17:34:08 GMT -5
I saw Pakman mention these guys and was thinking of making a thread on them but you beat me to it.  Thailand does have an extradition treaty and they did send back Eric Rosser. But I'm always more weary when the fugitives are natives of the land as far as extradition goes. Does anyone know if these two are or no? Interesting to discuss this with Jason Derek Brown *possibly* being in Thailand. |
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Post by pakman on Jul 7, 2014 17:40:10 GMT -5
Here's some additional trivia: both fugitives went by nicknames. Thanarakol was known as "Jeff" while Sae Sow was called "Adam."
Sadly it seems investigators have given up on this case. The last time Golder was profiled, AMW didn't even mention Thanarakol, and all they said about the two that got away was that they "fled the country."
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Post by theczar on Jul 7, 2014 18:12:42 GMT -5
Maybe I haven't done enough research on this case, but I find it interesting that this reenactment is the only source of information I can find which states that Golder was addicted to cocaine. Everywhere else talks about what a fitness freak Golder was. Maybe he got clean while serving time?
Anyway, my guess is that Thanarakol and Sae Sow are more than likely still in Thailand, since there is no real reason for them to come back.
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Post by TheWebDetective on Sept 26, 2015 16:36:57 GMT -5
It's frustrating that there's so little news, let alone info on these two.
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Post by TheWebDetective on Aug 24, 2016 11:25:18 GMT -5
I just watched a segment on Alan Golder from UM's Farina era series and this prompted me to do some research. When talking about the Lever case in articles and profiles about Golder (the aforementioned UM segment included), they consistently never mention Boonlert and Surjit. They only talk about Golder and "his accomplices". They really don't talk about the Lever case in detail at all which is weird considering this was the robbery/murder of a wealthy and prominent man.
Looking at the AMW segment, I'm not sure if it was done in 1991. But regardless 1990-96 would be a fair estimate. Since this segment was done when Golder was in jail, this segment probably wasn't so much to profile Boonlert and Surjit as to treat this as an open and shut case story a la Sharon Montray. The segment spotlights Golder more than Boonlert and Surjit.
Either there is so little info on the two because they fled into obscurity and Golder pleading guilty to the case compounding it or there's more than Golder led on.
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Post by Scumhunter on Dec 13, 2017 7:59:23 GMT -5
Does anyone have photos of Boonlerty and Surjit? Unfortunately the YouTube video now cuts off after 6:21. So pretty much if anyone has any info on them, it's now only by name.
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Post by HeadMarshal on Dec 13, 2017 10:04:05 GMT -5
Does anyone have photos of Boonlerty and Surjit? Unfortunately the YouTube video now cuts off after 6:21. So pretty much if anyone has any info on them, it's now only by name. Unfortunately that video had always finished at 6:21, so it never included John Walsh showing Boonlert and Surjit's photos along with their vital stats "age, height, etc.". |
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Post by Scumhunter on Dec 13, 2017 10:26:56 GMT -5
Does anyone have photos of Boonlerty and Surjit? Unfortunately the YouTube video now cuts off after 6:21. So pretty much if anyone has any info on them, it's now only by name. Unfortunately that video had always finished at 6:21, so it never included John Walsh showing Boonlert and Surjit's photos along with their vital stats "age, height, etc.". Oh nevermind, for some reason I thought it had. |
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Post by TheWebDetective on Jan 4, 2018 11:01:28 GMT -5
It's unfortunate too since both the actor playing Golder and director of the reenactment both have YouTube accounts.
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Post by TheWebDetective on Apr 6, 2018 19:19:13 GMT -5
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 27, 2018 1:01:08 GMT -5
Aside from what TheWebDetective was able to dig up I couldn't find anything else. Although considering the passage of time with nothing new, I feel it is pretty safe to assume that Thanarakol and Sow are still at large as of this update (7/27/2018).
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Post by TheWebDetective on Aug 31, 2021 8:19:15 GMT -5
A tangent of how AMW and UM describe Boonlert and Surjit as well as the Lever case and Golder. As we know according to AMW, Golder already had a coke habit and owed a drug debt to Boonlert and Surjit, his suppliers. To alleviate the debt, Golder convinced Boonlert and Surjit to join him on a jewelry bust which led to the Lever incident. No mention of the mafia and they depict Golder as more of an amateur. Also Golder knew one of them had a gun and was told Lever was "chucked" just after they left the mansion. But according to UM, Golder was already this well versed bandit when he was brought under the fold of the Genovese crime family and in an effort to get Golder to bring in more jewelry, they "instructed" Golder and "two other mafia jewel thieves" to hit up the Lever home thus the incident. With supposedly the drug and money habit starting from there. Depicting Golder as clueless as to whether Lever was killed or not till the next day. I'm intrigued by such differences and that's the case the further I look this case up. One sources I once posted here said Golder "trained" two Thai nationals. Another said he gave $2k each after selling the jewelry for $20k despite AMW alluding that he owed Boonlert and Surjit $16k and the ring worth $50k min. Speaking of AMW, a post about Golder from the 2000s erroneously said Golder himself shot and killed Lever. Even "Dinnertime Bandits" is a mystery since AMW says it was the name of a gang Golder was part of while UM and some other sources say Golder was mostly a one guy operation and "Dinnertime Bandit" was a nickname. There is a long dead blog about the exploits of Golder which features some info about Boonlert and Surjit but mainly Boonlert. just type "Boonlert" and "Thai" on the term search in the link provided. web.archive.org/web/20070806110536/http://www.dinnertimebandit.info/aseannow.com/topic/53895-most-wanted-for-murder-2-thais/web.archive.org/web/20041029135632/http://www.amw.com/fugitives/case.cfm?id=24269 |
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Thailand does have an extradition treaty and they did send back Eric Rosser. But I'm always more weary when the fugitives are natives of the land as far as extradition goes. Does anyone know if these two are or no? Interesting to discuss this with Jason Derek Brown *possibly* being in Thailand.
