South Korean Woman Murdered By Boyfriend Found Encased In Cement 16 Years After
The South Korean police has charges a man in his 50s for with the murder of his girlfriend in 2008 and encasing her body in cement on his balcony.
The victim’s body was discovered last month, 16 years after her brutal murder.
According to the Gyeongnam Provincial Police and Geoje Police Station, the man fatally struck his girlfriend with a blunt object during an argument in October 2008.
He then placed her body in a large travel bag and hid it on his balcony, stacking bricks and pouring a 10-centimeter (four-inch) layer of cement over it.
The woman was not reported missing until three years later, as she had no contact with her family.
During a 2011 missing person inquiry, the man claimed they had broken up, and the case remained unsolved due to lack of evidence.
The body was found when a worker searching for water leaks discovered the travel bag.
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Police identified the victim using fingerprints, as her body had been preserved to some extent due to the cement.
“The body hadn’t completely decomposed to bones, allowing us to identify her using fingerprints,” police said.
The perpetrator was brought in for questioning and eventually confessed to the murder.
A police official from Gyeongnam Provincial Police stated that the investigation and questioning are nearly over, and the man will be “sent to prosecution soon.”
