It is believed that Prince Norodom Ekcharin died as a child during a massacre by the Khmer Rouge in 1976.

[2] Following the 1970 coup by General Lon Nol that ended the monarchy,[3] Yuveneath and his wife were not permitted to re-enter the country as they had been visiting Singapore, leaving Ekcharin behind in Cambodia.

[4] When the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh in 1976, Ekcharin was presumed to have been killed, though his body, like that of thousands of Cambodians, was not found.

[2] A resident of Sweden named Charin Norodom appeared in the early 2010s and claimed to have survived the massacre and to have been secretly smuggled to Thailand.

[2] He stated that he was sneaked into a refugee camp in Surin from where he was transported to Sweden, and only knew that his father was a prince, without any more detail.