The police in charge of the case of Lee Ki-young (32), who murdered a taxi driver and his roommate, are focusing on finding the body of the woman Lee said was buried near the river.
Since the morning of the 9th, police and fire authorities have been searching the Gongneungcheon area of Paju, where Lee said he left the body, by sending riot police, heavy equipment, and a boat with an underwater camera.
After Lee Ki-young testified that he had murdered Mr. A, a woman in her 50s, on the 27th of last month, the police have been searching the Gongneungcheon area, which has been designated as an exit point.
Later, after Lee changed his statement that he had buried the body the day before the handover, the land around Gongneungcheon, designated as the burial site, was dug up and searched with heavy equipment, but it is not r body has been found so far. .
The police found Lee’s statement to be credible based on the lie detector investigation and communication location. However, there are concerns that the body has already been lost as there have been no results in the search so far.
It was early in August last year when Mr. Lee that he had buried the body. From the middle of the same month, record heavy rains fell in the central region.
In the Gongneungcheon area, more than 200mm of heavy rain fell, and the water level of the river, which was usually around 1m, was found to have risen to 4-5m.
Lee may have made a false statement in the first place.
Mr Lee said he knew the Gongneungcheon area well and correctly identified the geographical features around the burial site.
However, there is closed circuit television (CC) for disaster monitoring near the point Lee pointed out. In addition, the vicinity of the point is also a place where fishermen visit throughout the year, day and night.
That is why the question arises whether Mr. Lee, who knows the area well, has bothered to bury the body in such a place.
Nearby CCTV has a storage time of one month, and the police judge that there is no practical benefit even if they are recovered through forensic work.
A police officer said, “There is a possibility that it is a false statement under the circumstances, but there is part of Mr. Lee’s statement that matches the evidence of another investigation, so the search is underway,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the prosecution, which took over the case, is focusing on proving Lee’s charges, including robbery and murder.
An official from the prosecution said, “Deliberation for money and valuables is important in robbery and murder, and we are focusing on explaining this part.” We will do that,” he explained.
On August 7-8 last year, Mr Lee killed a woman in her 50s who was the owner of the house and lived with her in a house in Paju City, and then left the body on the bank of Gongneungcheon Stream. arrested him on charges of bringing him home to settle, killing him, and hiding the body in a closet.
