A Man in His 80s Who Turned Himself In After Killing His Wife Is Taken Into Custody...Court: “Risk of Destroying Evidence and Fleeing”

[Financial News] An 80-something man who killed his wife in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, and then turned himself in has been taken into custody.
Legal sources said on the 15th that Seoul Southern District Court Presiding Judge Kim Han-sung held a pre-arrest hearing (warrant review) at around 3 p.m. that day for Kang, a man in his 80s accused of murder, and issued an arrest warrant, saying, “There is a risk of destroying evidence and fleeing.”
Kang is accused of killing his wife, who was in her 70s, at a multi-family home in Sinwol-dong, Yangcheon-gu, at around 2 a.m. on the 13th.
Immediately after the crime, Kang reported that, in effect, “My wife tried to kill me, so I strangled her to death. I’m the perpetrator.”
Police responding to the report arrested Kang at the scene as he was caught in the act at around 2:20 a.m. that same day. The victim was taken to the hospital while receiving CPR, but ultimately died.
It also emerged that several domestic violence reports involving the couple had been received over the past three years. Police received one report each year from 2024 through this year, but the cases were reportedly closed at the scene because no physical assault was confirmed. The couple was not included among those subject to separate domestic violence monitoring.
Police reportedly arranged for Kang to be admitted on an emergency basis when the most recent report was made last April.
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