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Crocodile park RIP! Bro @ins1dious, another bedtime story for you.... Depressed woman commits 'suicide by crocodile' by jumping into zoo enclosure Sep 15, 2014 22:17 By Sam Rkaina 65-year-old Wanpen Inyai threw herself into a pit with more more than 1,000 crocodiles, Thai media have reported Getty Death: A woman has reportedly died jumping into a crocodile pit in Thailand An elderly woman 'committed suicide' by jumping into a crocodile pit, it has been reported. According to the Bangkok Post, 65-year-old Wanpen Inyai threw herself into a pit with more more than 1,000 crocodiles at the Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm & Zoo in the Thai capital. The incident happened on Friday, she left her Bangkok home earlier the same day. Witnesses claimed to see the woman intentionally jumped into the pond while footage from a security camera confirmed she left her shoes on a walkway before making the fatal jump, the paper reports. Pol Col Preecha Iamnui, Muang Samut Prakarn police investigator said when he arrived at the scene, farm owners and staff were trying to use long sticks to ward off dozens of crocodiles tearing at her body. Sunan Tharmnat, Wanpen's sister, told the Post the victim had been depressed and did not talk to anyone for several days before she disappeared. She and family members went to file a missing-person's report with Rom Klao police the day she went missing, but were told to wait 24 hours, as required by law. A picture of Wanpen's body being approached by a crocodile was circulated online over the weekend. On its website, Samut Prakarn Crocodile Farm & Zoo is described as 'the world's largest crocodile farm' which has been open since 1950. There are 100,000 crocodiles and other wild animals across 300 acres. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/depressed-woman-commits-suicide-crocodile-4265347#ixzz3DTHTFvVG Follow us: @DailyMirror on Twitter | DailyMirror on Facebook