Spanish chef Daniel Sancho admits to killing surgeon, jailed in Thailand

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Spanish citizen Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, who has a YouTube cooking show, has been remanded in prison on Koh Samui in southern Thailand after a judge in the island's provincial court granted the remand over the murder of Colombian national Edwin Arrieta Arteaga.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 [car door slams]

00:03 Spanish chef Daniel Sancho Bonchalo was transferred on Monday to Koh Samui Island in Thailand,

00:09 where he will be facing his murder trial.

00:12 Police said the 29-year-old had admitted to dismembering 44-year-old Colombian surgeon

00:17 Edwin Arrieta Arteaga before dumping Arteaga's remains at a landfill and in the sea on Koh

00:23 Bangan Island.

00:25 Police said they had also found human remains in a hotel room where the murder is believed

00:29 to have taken place.

00:31 Bonchalo is the son of renowned 48-year-old Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho.

00:37 Daniel has committed a crime of hiding the truth about the hotel room.

00:44 He was at the hotel room practicing.

00:48 He was preparing to buy tools such as a knife, a garbage bag, and a cleaning liquid.

01:00 On Sunday, police took Bonchalo to seven locations where the remains of the victim were found.

01:08 He was charged with premeditated murder and concealing body parts to cover up the death.

01:14 He will likely be jailed during the trial and he said he would help in any way he can

01:18 throughout the investigation.

01:20 For more information visit www.fema.gov

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