# Texans: "Ponytail Bandit," Husband, Have Fled to Thailand **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texans-ponytail-bandit-husband-have-fled-to-thailand/437411 "2008-02-13T04:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texans-ponytail-bandit-husband-have-fled-to-thailand/437411/21 "2008-02-15T09:06:42Z")
Oh, I see they got her on Wednesday. It only hit the news today (Friday). At least in the newspapers; I did not see the local television news yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texans-ponytail-bandit-husband-have-fled-to-thailand/437411/22 "2008-02-15T10:31:55Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] They nabbed her at a small hotel on Khaosan Road. [/QUOTE] How on earth did they defeat such criminal mastery?! Who’d have thought of looking for a wanted farang on Khaosan Road! (Seriously, what were they _thinking_?!) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texans-ponytail-bandit-husband-have-fled-to-thailand/437411/23 "2008-02-15T10:38:50Z")
It sounds like the FBI leaned on the Thai government to produce some results. That really does usually do the trick here in cases like this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texans-ponytail-bandit-husband-have-fled-to-thailand/437411.md?page=1)