South Korean man arrested for killing girlfriend, hiding 16-year-old’s body with cement on balcony

A 58-year-old South Korean man has been arrested for murdering his girlfriend 16 years ago after her body was found hidden in a bag and plastered over with cement. during repair work

Geoje City Police and the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency on Monday said they had arrested a 58-year-old man for the murder of his live-in girlfriend in 2008.

He told the police: He had been living with his girlfriend for about five years in an apartment in Geoje City before a fight broke out on October 10, 2008. The man is accused of hitting the person -suffer from something hard. who was 30 years old at that time until his death

The suspects then placed the body in a suitcase and hid it on an outdoor balcony next to the roof of the building. Then they built bricks to cover the suitcase and poured cement over it to prevent them from being exposed. But the incident was revealed again 16 years later when the owner of the building found a suitcase containing a body. while being disassembled to prevent water leakage

Investigation revealed that the victim had little contact with his family. This means that a missing persons report was not filed until three years after her death in 2011. At that time, police found no evidence of foul play. And the makers said in a statement that they had parted ways.

After the body was found, the police reviewed the case and were able to identify the victim as a woman who was reported missing in 2011 through an autopsy. Police determined that the woman had died of blunt force trauma after which police named the man as a suspect and arrested him at his home in Yangsan. South Gyeongsang Province on murder charges

During the investigation the suspect admitted that he killed his girlfriend. This is because the police discovered that the man was using methamphetamine when he was arrested.

According to the police investigation, the suspect continued to live in the same residence where the body was hidden for eight years after the murder. until he moved out in 2016, authorities said after the suspect left No other tenants live in that room. and the owner of the room uses that room as a storage area The police will complete their investigation and will forward the case to prosecutors for prosecution in the next few days.