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‘Gapyeong Valley Murder’ Public Wanted Lee Eun-hae was the girl who appeared in ‘Love House’ 20 years ago

Lee Eun-hae, who is accused of running away after killing her husband in conspiracy with her boyfriend / Photo = News 1 DB, MBC ‘Shin Dong-yeop’s Love House’ video capture © News 1

While the prosecution publicly wanted Lee Eun-hae (31) and accomplice Jo Hyeon-soo (30) on charges of running away after killing her husband in conspiracy with her boyfriend to steal 800 million won in life insurance, the fact that Lee Eun-hae appeared in ‘Love House’ in the past It is attracting attention.

On the 30th, Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office 2nd Criminal Division announced that it would publicly want Lee Eun-hae and Cho Hyeon-soo, who were booked without detention on charges of murder, attempted murder, and attempted violation of the Special Act on the Prevention of Insurance Fraud.

While Lee Eun-hae’s name, age, and face were revealed, the story began to spread among netizens that Lee Eun-hae appeared in MBC’s ‘Shin Dong-yeop’s Love House’, which aired in March 2002, 20 years ago. One photo was also a topic of discussion.

‘Shin Dong-yup’s Love House’ is a program that remodels the homes of economically difficult families, and was broadcast with national interest. At the time, it was introduced that Eunhae Lee was in the sixth grade of elementary school and was living with her parents with physical disabilities.

Lee Eun-hae revealed the difficult family history of living as a recipient of basic livelihood, and in the broadcast, Lee Eun-hae was portrayed as a filial daughter who does not hesitate to do bad things for her parents with physical disabilities. In particular, at the end of the broadcast, while looking back at her remodeled house, she said, “I want to give to others in need as much as I received later when I grow up,” and she received praise from the cast.

Photo = Capture of MBC’s ‘Shin Dong-yup’s Love House’ broadcast screen © News 1

As the content of these broadcasts is re-illuminated, netizens are paying more attention to the case of Lee Eun-hae and her accomplice Jo Hyeon-soo. Meanwhile, Lee Eun-hae and Jo Hyeon-soo dived into Lee Eun-hae’s husband, Yoon Mo (39), who couldn’t swim in Yongso Valley, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do in June 2019. He is charged with forcing him to drown. Prior to the crime, in February 2019, at a pension in Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do, he tried to kill Yoon by feeding him food mixed with puffer fish testes and blood, but the fatality level was not met. An acquaintance found it and Yoon tried to get out of the water.

As a result of the investigation, it was confirmed that Lee Eun-hae and Jo Hyeon-soo committed this crime to steal life insurance money for Yoon in an internal relationship.

Through investigation by the prosecution, by November of last year, Lee Eun-hae and Cho Hyun-soo were confirmed for three crimes and booked without detention, and the first investigation was conducted on December 13 last year. The next day, on December 14, last year, they requested their attendance for the second investigation, but the two escaped.

The case was also covered in SBS ‘I want to know’ and became known as the ‘Gapyeong Yongso Valley Murder Case’.

(Seoul = News 1)