"You will get killed in your next life too if you do that again." This is what the suspect of murder said to the victim. The suspect, Jang Dae Ho, appeared to Uijeongbu District Court in Gyeonggi Province to hold an investigation to determine a warrant's validity. Before he entered, he said to the gathered press that the victim started an argument, punched and talked down first. However, he did not answer the question if he felt sorry for the victim.

▲ Jang Dae Ho, the suspect of a murder appeared to determine a warrant`s validity.

Last August 12th, 2019, the bare torso of a dead man, missing his head and limbs, was found floating in the river near the southern end of Magok Railway Bridge by an employee of Hangang Operations Office. On August 16th, the dead body's right arm was found near the Haengju Bridge, and the head was found near the southern end of Banghwa Bridge.

▲ A dismembered body of a dead man was discovered in Han River.

According to the police, the suspect, Jang Dae Ho, and the victim first met on that day. Jang Dae Ho told the police questioning his motive for the murder that he felt bad because the victim tried not to give him 40,000 won for the lodging fees, and he spoke back from the start. He said he was angry and secretly entered the room using a spare key prepared after waiting for the man to fall asleep. The police said that they could not easily understand the motive behind the killing, and they will do a corroborative investigation.

▲ The police said they could not understand the motive behind the killing.

Meanwhile, it was belatedly revealed that Jang Dae Ho sent the case back to the nearby police station without accepting the case at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, which initially went to turn himself in, He said that he came to surrender himself to the police, and he wanted to meet a homicide detective. However, the night shift police sent him back. If the suspect who tried to turn himself in changed his mind, the case could have been mired in mystery.

Sep. 7th, 2019

by Pyo Seung Hui