Man in his 50s accused of killing victim in son’s sex crime case; prosecution office seeks arrest warrant

[Financial News] The Prosecution Office has sought an arrest warrant for a man in his 50s suspected of killing a teenage girl at a lodging facility in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul.
According to legal sources on the 12th, the Seoul Northern District Prosecution Office requested an arrest warrant from the court that day for Jin, 59, who is suspected of murder.
Earlier that morning, Seoul Seongbuk Police Station had applied for an arrest warrant for Jin.
Jin was placed under emergency arrest at around 1:40 a.m. the previous day on suspicion of killing A, 15, at a lodging facility in Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu.
Police analysis of CCTV footage and other evidence found that Jin bought a paring knife and charcoal briquettes from two household goods stores in Incheon on the afternoon of the 10th, one item at each store. At around 5:17 p.m. that same day, Jin arrived at the shared accommodation in Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu, where the crime took place. He met A, who was already outside the lodging, and they went inside together. Police are continuing to investigate the specific circumstances in which the two met.
Investigators found that Jin came out of the lodging alone at around 8:30 p.m. that same day, then wandered nearby and discarded the paring knife and a damaged mobile phone. The lodging had been booked for a one-night stay by an acquaintance of Jin.
The investigation found that A had been the victim in a case of statutory rape of a minor committed last January by Jin’s son, who is in his 20s. At the time, Nowon Police Station launched an investigation after a complaint by A’s parents and forwarded Jin’s son to prosecutors without detention last March.
Police are also investigating separate cases of theft, receiving stolen property and fraud involving B, a person in their 20s who had been in a de facto marital relationship with Jin, as well as Jin’s son and A.
Police are investigating Jin’s motive, his relationship with the victim, and his movements before and after the crime. They also plan to analyze CCTV footage around the crime scene and deploy a profiler to determine the circumstances surrounding the crime.


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