On December 3, 2023, a report was received at 119 stating, "I am seriously injured and need an ambulance." Emergency responders who immediately rushed to the scene found a woman lying on the floor, bleeding profusely. The scene was truly horrific. Splattered bloodstains were vividly visible throughout the house. What on earth had happened in this house that night?
Why did he call his father when his wife was dying? There were no signs of external intrusion in the house. The police identified the husband as a suspect and arrested him urgently. Remarkably, the husband was a lawyer at the country's top law firm. He strongly denied the murder charge, saying, "I do not remember exactly what happened." However, forensic investigators who thoroughly analyzed the scene and a forensic expert who examined the wife's body argued that he had committed premeditated murder. Soon, a crucial smoking gun was discovered to prove the husband's guilt.
Lee Ji-hye said, "I can't believe such a thing could happen even after hearing about it," adding, "Thinking about the pain that the wife and children must have endured breaks my heart." Ahn Hyun-mo noted, "Just imagining how extreme the fear was for the wife facing her husband that day makes it hard to breathe," unable to continue speaking.
Meanwhile, on that day's broadcast, forensic expert Yoo Seong-ho, who appeared as a witness in the trial, reenacted the courtroom situation and explained the intense trial process, alongside Police University's Criminal Science Research Institute's Captain Kim Han-byeol, analyzing the horrific actual crime scene using meticulous forensic science.
The episode titled 'The tragic aftermath of the husband's twisted obsession: The American lawyer's wife murder case' can be watched on July 1 at 9:45 p.m. on KBS2's 'Smoking Gun.'
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