In "Brave Detectives 4," the image of criminals who are quick to give shameless excuses without remorse was depicted.
The 50th episode of the T-Cast E Channel's "Brave Detectives 4" (directed by Lee Ji-sun), aired on the 5th, featured former Jeonju Deokjin Police Station criminal division chief Han Dal-soo, former KCSI (Korea Scientific Investigation) superintendent Yun Oi-chul, police inspector Kim Jin-soo, and school resource officer Park Sung-soo from the Daejeon Yuseong Police Station, who granted their investigative diaries.
The first case introduced that day began with a man's one-word report of "Help me." Upon receiving the report, police arrived to find the house filled with a pungent smell and thick smoke, while the reporter was found collapsed at the entrance covered with a blanket. During the urgent transport, a middle-aged couple and another young man were discovered dead inside the house, along with two coal stoves. The three deceased were family members, and the one transported to the hospital was the second son.
Messages indicating intent to organize their affairs were found on the father and first son's cell phones, suggesting the possibility of a family suicide, but there were strange points. The messages from the two had a significant time gap, and in the parents' room, a stove was found on top of a drawer, while in the brothers' room, another stove was found under a hanger, differing from a typical joint suicide scene. The times the coal was burned in each room also differed. Sleep-inducing substances were detected in the family members.
The second son, who was transported to the hospital, cried and said he returned home after drinking with his brother late, and after drinking the milk his brother handed him, he woke up to find smoke filling the house and managed to make the report. He also claimed that his brother often expressed a desire to die because the family business was not doing well recently, and bags that could hold coal, briquettes, and stoves were found in the first son's car. However, according to those around them, the father had been running a soybean sprout factory for over ten years with good sales and had been looking for land to buy recently. The first son's girlfriend also claimed that the shop was doing well and that they were preparing to marry, suggesting that the messages seemed to be fabricated.
The second son's call to 119 was not the first. Twenty-two days before the incident, he reported that gas seemed to have leaked at home and that his mother had collapsed. His sleeping father woke up and evacuated with his wife and son, and it was confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the gas facilities. A search of his vehicle was attempted, but the second son claimed he had lost the car keys and washed it during the funeral to destroy evidence. However, coal powder was found in slippers located on the passenger floor and in the trunk. The second son's friend reported to the investigation team that he helped wash the car thinking it was a cover-up regarding the family's deaths and that he had received a request to clean the room, during which he heard confessions from the second son.
The apprehended second son claimed that his parents often fought, he grew up being beaten by his father, his parents had been victims of real estate fraud, and his brother thought it would be better to die since the restaurant was failing. However, statements from those around him were contrary. He cried on camera, saying he missed his mother very much, shocking everyone. It was revealed that he stood to inherit 2.6 billion won in insurance payouts upon the family's death and had the opportunity to receive 2 billion won in his parents' assets. The second son was found to have received a prescription for a total of 45 sleeping pills under a friend's name, had personally checked how long a person could endure the smell of coal gas, and had experimented on living birds. Ultimately, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
KCSI then introduced a case that began with a neighbor's report that a sister living in the next house was bleeding profusely and had died. The reporter witnessed a man rushing down the stairs on his way to work and noticed the door of the neighboring house was open, but lost sight of him after chasing him and reported once he confirmed the scene.
The autopsy revealed more than 50 self-inflicted wounds on the sister's body, evoking sadness. After their mother passed away, the sister had played the role of the family's breadwinner after her father was involved in a traffic accident a year prior, while her younger sister was known to be a dedicated nursing student.
During the investigation, similar dust footprints to those found in the sisters' house were discovered on the roof of the building opposite their home, suggesting that the perpetrator had dangerously entered through the window from the rooftop. Fingerprints were found on the railing as he moved between buildings, and the suspect was a 22-year-old man living with his grandfather in the opposite building. He was already wanted for nine different offenses and was said to have a history with gang activity. The suspect sent a message to a friend who had been arrested for prostitution solicitation, claiming he had no taxi fare, and detectives lured him in for apprehension.
The perpetrator claimed, "I went over without thinking, and I was drunk when I went there," and "There was almost an incident before," stating bewildering remarks. He alleged that he casually met the older sister and exchanged greetings a few times, and later said he suddenly thought of her on the day of the crime and rang the bell, and when she opened the door and asked why he was out so late, he got angry and stabbed her. However, it was revealed that the perpetrator had entered wearing shoes, and no fingerprints were found on the doorbell, proving his claims false.
Regarding why he moved onto the rooftop, he claimed that after the murder, he was contemplating and attempted to disguise himself as a robber, stating that he was upset by the informal language the woman, whom he met through chat, used during their conversations, and felt disrespected by the older sister's reprimanding manner, which he alleged led him to kill her. However, the two had no records of contact or phone calls. Ultimately, the perpetrator was sentenced to life imprisonment.
"Brave Detectives 4" airs every Friday at 9:50 p.m., and is also available on major OTT platforms like Netflix, Tving, and Wavve. You can find lively updates and videos about the program on the official YouTube and Instagram of E Channel.
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