They definately were involved in some fashion in the ransom note ... even if this is the guy (which I doubt).
Egads. I just realized this perv was a teacher and was trying to get hired as one in Thailand.
Great. :/ Another in a long list of stories about school teachers molesting students.
Makes the point that sending children to public schools is sending them to spend time with strangers we know very little about.
I bet this guy has abused hundreds of poor children if he doesn't have other murders on his hands. :o(