In 'Brave Detectives 4,' the detectives chased down the criminals who brutally murdered the victims and handcuffed them.
In the 41st episode of 'Brave Detectives 4' aired on 4th, Detective Chief Park Gi-hoon of the Incheon Yeonsu Police Station and former Police Commissioner Yun Oe-chul of the Scientific Investigation Team (KCSI) along with Detective Kim Jin-soo appeared to share the case files they had personally solved.
The first case began with a report that the owner of a restaurant in a food alley was smelling something foul from a box that had been left next to the shop for several days. Inside the box wrapped in blue tape were a sack of rice and two bundles of blankets, and inside was a severed leg with the thigh part cut off along with what appeared to be flesh from the leg. Police, suspecting the victim to be a small-framed woman, identified her by cross-referencing the national missing persons list and scene evidence. She was a saleswoman in her late 30s, who had gone missing after stating she was going out for a contract.
As a result of inquiries, it was confirmed that the victim was seen entering the restaurant alley with a man, leading to the distribution of suspect flyers including a composite sketch. Particularly, the victim received four phone calls from a payphone, but the locations of the calls varied, prompting the police to divide into areas for inquiries. Thirteen days after the incident, another sack of rice containing the torso of a body was found in a redevelopment area. All organs had been removed, and DNA analysis confirmed it was the same victim.
During the investigation, detectives found the same box as those discovered at the crime scene in a one-room house in a shantytown, and blood stains were also detected under torn wallpaper seeping into the flooring. This room was occupied by a woman in her 20s who was imprisoned, with her boyfriend, identified as Mr. Kang (a pseudonym), turning out to be the culprit. Arrested while under the influence of hallucinogens, Mr. Kang initially denied the crime but eventually confessed in the face of blood evidence. Initially intending only to commit fraud, Mr. Kang stole the victim's money, and when caught, grabbed a kitchen knife, and due to the heaviness of the body, mutilated it into nine pieces before disposing of it using the subway and bus, shocking everyone. He claimed drug addiction and diminished capacity but was not accepted and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The second case introduced by KCSI began when a body was found in a black plastic bag in a river. The body discovered by a construction worker repairing a levee was initially presumed to be that of a child, but an autopsy confirmed it to be that of a petite woman in her mid-20s. The victim had been slit from below her chest to her navel, and numerous scars from sharp weapons were found on her thigh and behind her knee. All appeared to be post-mortem mutilation.
The state of the body tightly wrapped in three layers of plastic bags indicated that it had likely been disposed of after being placed in the bags while decomposing. The cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation due to compression, with the estimated time of death exceeding six months. The victim had lived with a man, the father of her young child, in a common-law relationship, and a report of domestic violence had been filed the day before she went missing after sustaining severe head injuries. The father of her child had struck her with the receiver while she was on the phone at a payphone, leading her to go to the police station. According to an aunt living nearby, the nephew suspected infidelity and had even witnessed a young man picking up her niece. This young man was confirmed to be the victim's new boyfriend, but upon investigation, he was found to be in prison, and it was confirmed that the victim had visited him. The boyfriend stated that the victim had suffered severe abuse from the child's father and that she sought help, eventually leading to their meeting.
Most notably, before the victim was found dead, when the child's father came to see the child, the victim's mother noted a strange smell from him that she had never encountered before, which accelerated the investigation. When they went to his house, there was a strong odor of decomposition even before they opened the front door. There were also traces of blood and signs of body storage on the balcony. He confessed that he killed her out of anger when she told him she would "never come back" and kept her body in his house for four months without disposing of it because he wanted it near him. As the body decomposed, he said he wielded a knife every time he found it troublesome to clean up. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
'Brave Detectives 4' airs every Friday night at 9:50 p.m., and is available on major OTT platforms such as Netflix, Tving, and Wavve. You can also find lively updates and videos about the program on E-channel's official YouTube and Instagram.
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