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“Coin theft” Kidnapping and killing in the middle of Gangnam… Identity disclosure review

Employees of law offices and drinks companies, etc.
“After the kidnapping, Yongin→Pyeongtaek→Daejeon”
The body was left on a hill near the Daecheong Dam

▲ The scene of the kidnapping that happened at an apartment complex in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu around 11:48pm on the 29th. The hijacker’s vehicle is parked near the flat. news 1

A gang suspected of kidnapping and killing a woman in central Gangnam, Seoul said, “The crime was committed in order to steal the victim’s coin (virtual money).”

The Suseo Police Station in Seoul said they are investigating the emergency arrest of three men accused of abducting and killing a woman late at night in a residential area in Gangnam on the 1st. It is not yet confirmed whether the victim owns ‘5 billion coins’.”

The Gangnam kidnappers and murderers were identified as working in a law firm, working in a liquor company, and unemployed, respectively. It was investigated that they were aiming for the victim’s property and planned the crime by following them two to three months ago. Police are investigating whether there are any accomplices, including the possibility of involving family and relatives.

All suspects involved in cryptocurrency incident

The body of the victim they left was found in a hill near the Daecheong Dam in Daejeon. They are accused of kidnapping a woman in front of an apartment in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul at 11:48pm on the 29th, killing a woman near Daejeon, and abandoning the body.

The police identified A (30) and B (36) as suspects after receiving a report from an eyewitness who said, “It appears that the woman was forcibly taken into a car and to kidnap.” The two men dragged the objecting woman into a vehicle parked on the side of the road and left the scene.

They picked up the woman and moved to Daejeon, it was investigated that they left the car in Daejeon the next morning and moved to Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province in a rental car. A small amount of blood and a weapon believed to have been used in the crime were found in the abandoned vehicle.

After abandoning the rental car in Cheongju, they took a taxi at 9:30 am on the 30th and fled to Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province. The police arrested Mr A at Moran Station Station in Seongnam at 10:45 am on the 31st, and Mr B at a motel in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam at 1:15 pm. The police obtained statements from them stating that there were more accomplices and the arrest of C (35) at 5:40 pm on the 31st in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

▲ Setting up a police line at Daecheong Lake
While a man in his 30s suspected of kidnapping, killing and abandoning a woman is hastily arrested, police investigators load their bags near Daecheongho Lake in Daedeok-gu, Daejeon, where they found the body was left on the afternoon of the 31st. 2023.3.31 Yonhap News

During the police investigation, they said they killed the victim in Daejeon and then abandoned him in a hill near the Daecheong Dam. The police sent search personnel to the place where the suspects had left the body, found the victim’s body on the afternoon of the 31st, and confirmed his identity.

The police confirmed that all of the suspects were involved in a virtual currency case and were the subject of a police investigation, investigating the specific motive of the crime, the circumstances of the murder, and the relationship. They are also investigating which of the three suspects killed the woman directly. One of them is said to be known to the victim and the other two are unknown.

Reporter Yumin Kim