Suburban Legends

The Disappearance of Bung Siriboon


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On Thursday 2 June 2011, 13 year old Siriyakorn Siriboon, or Bung as she’s commonly known, had breakfast with her Mum, Vannida, and her older sister, Pang, before she left her home in Boronia, Victoria, to walk to school, as she did every weekday.


Bung was wearing her blue and white checked school uniform and her dark blue zip-front school jacket and carrying a backpack. She was seen by a neighbour a short time later in Elsie Street, walking towards Albert Avenue.


Bung didn’t arrive at school that day or return home thereafter. Somewhere during the 700 metre walk to Boronia Heights College, Bung Siriboon vanished and she hasn’t been seen or heard from since...


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This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below. Thanks to John for the assistance with research and writing on this episode.


  1. Australian Institute of Criminology
  2. Was schoolgirl Bung Siriboon snatched off a suburban street in broad daylight? By Kathy Marks, SBS
  3. Travelfish.org - Ubon Ratchathani
  4. Wikipedia - Ubon Ratchathani
  5. Man quizzed over disappearance of Siriyakorn 'Bung' Siriboon dies in prison jump, by Jon Kaila, HeraldSun
  6. 'Unlikely Mr Cruel took Bung,' say police 20 years after child predator's last known attack, by Keith Moor and Elissa Hunt, HeraldSun
  7. The torment over missing Siriyakorn "Bung" Siriboon lingers a year on by Mark Buttler, HeraldSun
  8. Bung Siriboon search given new hope, by Wayne Flower, HeraldSun
  9. AFP - Missing Persons
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