The brutal murders had been made right into a film – The true wrongdoer was not revealed till 16 years later – 2024-07-20 03:48:16

The Hwaseong serial murders impressed the hit film Reminiscences of Homicide. Yle

A brutal crime wave shakes a small South Korean city within the movie Reminiscences of Homicidewhen one lady after one other is discovered raped and murdered.

Bong Joon-hon directed movie is loosely primarily based on real-life murders. The deaths between 1986 and 1991 had been Korea’s first serial killings.

When the movie got here out in 2003, the real-life murders had been unsolved. One other 16 years handed earlier than the police mentioned that they had discovered the suspected serial killer. A DNA pattern discovered within the underwear of one of many victims was matched Lee Chun-jaeen. On the time of his revelation, Lee was serving a life sentence for the rape and homicide of his sister-in-law.

In October 2019, Lee confessed to the murders of 14 folks. Along with the murders, Lee confessed to greater than 30 rapes and tried rapes. Nevertheless, he couldn’t be tried for the Hwaseong serial murders, because the statute of limitations had expired on the crimes.

When the case went up in courtroom in November 2020, thirty years after the murders, Lee mentioned he was stunned he wasn’t caught earlier, in keeping with CNN.

– I nonetheless do not perceive (why I wasn’t suspected). Crime was taking place round me and I did not hassle to cowl issues up, so I assumed I might be caught simply. I stored working into the police, however they all the time requested me about different folks, Lee mentioned in courtroom

Lee was interrogated on the time of the murders. On the time, he was carrying the wristwatch of one among his victims. Nevertheless, the police solely paid consideration to the truth that Lee didn’t have an identification card with him.

Reminiscences of Homicide – within the movie, the crimes stay unsolved. The multi-awarded movie is taken into account among the finest South Korean movies.

Reminiscences of Homicide at present on Teema & Femi at 22:00 & Areena. See all TV packages and broadcast instances in Telku’s TV information.