Emergency services arrived at the scene on Sattahip Sukhumvit Soi 13 at around 3am to find a fierce house fire and soon discovered the dead body close to the burning building.

The man, believed to be in his 40’s, was found wearing only shorts hanging by a nylon rope from a wooden beam with his hands cuffed behind his back.

Written on a wall near the water tank was a hand written message: “Are you happy now? You and your family have taken and stolen everything from me, including my daughter and my life. Now you have all exactly what you wanted!”

Also written was “Daughter – Mayrisa White, Mother – Dorothy White, Son – Ethan White”.

Officers found a mobile phone close to the body that had recent messages to a female friend in which he said he intended to take his own life together with a photo of him setting the house on fire.

The man has yet to be identified with investigators believing all his personal belongs were in the house and burnt in the blaze.

Police told reporters they will question the female friend from the chat app in a bid to formally identify the man.