"Brave Detectives 4" exposed the true faces of the perpetrators who killed victims and staged shameless theatrics.
The 51st episode of Ticast E Channel's "Brave Detectives 4" (directed by Lee Ji-seon), which aired on the 12th, featured Detective Superintendent Kim Jun-haeng of Jeju West Police Station's criminal division, Inspector Im Ik-su of Jeju Provincial Police Agency's public safety information division, and former Commissioner General Yoon Oe-chul and Superintendent Kim Jin-su of the Korea Crime Scene Investigation (KCSI), who presented the case files.
The first case introduced that day began with a report from a younger sister saying, "My older sister hasn't been in contact for more than 10 days." The missing person was a 40-something skin care specialist, and the report was made at the urging of the older sister's coworker. The older sister's boyfriend also lived in the house where the sisters lived together, and the younger sister said the older sister had been troubled and considering breaking up because of the boyfriend's possessiveness. However, the boyfriend acted nonchalant, saying he was "worried because she stayed out overnight often."
The investigation team tracked the missing person based on statements from coworkers who had been drinking with her shortly before she disappeared and on CCTV. According to a coworker, she called the next day and a man answered, then immediately hung up. Verification showed the missing person had left separately with two coworkers after the drinking gathering. Later, footage showed her walking arm in arm with a man wearing a beanie. He was the boyfriend, Mr. Park (alias). It turned out the two had been meeting for 10 years, and Mr. Park had a wife and children.
On the day of the disappearance, the investigation team found traces of Mr. Park's truck roaming a sparsely populated bridge and a cemetery in the early morning. Bloodstain reactions were detected in the urgently arrested Mr. Park's truck. Under interrogation he confessed to the crime and said he had hidden the victim's body under 20 bags of soil beneath a bridge near the company where he worked. The cause of death was cervical compression asphyxia, and there were torn and bruised marks on the face and body, as well as a ruptured spleen. Mr. Park testified that he had beaten the victim, who had said she would not go home, and that he was scared and worried that it would become known to his family. He also said he became angry when she did not move at his command because he felt she was looking down on him, which aroused outrage. In particular, after killing the victim, he even sent texts such as "at least call" to perform a phony act. Mr. Park was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Next, the KCSI-introduced case involved a prosecutor seeking life imprisonment while the bereaved family asked for leniency, making the ruling difficult. The case began when a body was found in a suitcase abandoned in an agricultural waterway. The autopsy showed the victim had as many as 30 stab and cut wounds. From fingerprints painstakingly taken from the fingertips, investigators confirmed the victim was a woman in her 30s who lived an hour and a half by car from where the body was found.
The investigation team discovered that the runaway report filed under the victim's name had been suddenly canceled 20 days before the body was found. That was because the victim had texted her younger brother to cancel the missing person report. According to the younger brother, the older sister went out saying she would visit her boyfriend's parents' home and then disappeared, and they only communicated by message. But the investigation team put him on the suspect list based on the younger brother's statements in the runaway report. In fact, the younger brother obstructed the investigation into his sister's disappearance, impersonated her to cancel the runaway report, and sent manipulated messages to their parents. Vehicle tracking revealed he visited the area where the body was found twice, and forensic analysis of his cellphone produced evidence of the crime.
The younger brother testified that he killed his sister after an argument over her nagging. He left the body on the apartment roof, transferred money from his sister's bankbook into his own account, then went on a trip on Christmas Eve and took out a loan in his sister's name to buy game items and gifts for his girlfriend. He abandoned the body in an agricultural waterway near a relative's house where few people passed, but as the weather warmed and the water temperature rose, the decomposed body floated to the surface. The court sentenced him to 30 years in prison.
Meanwhile, "Brave Detectives" received a letter of appreciation from the Korean National Police Agency in recognition of its practical contribution to crime prevention. On the 14th, the Korean National Police Agency presented a letter of appreciation to the production team, acknowledging that "Brave Detectives" understood and actively cooperated with police activities and contributed to the safe daily life of the public.
"Brave Detectives 4" airs every Friday at 9:50 p.m., and is also available on major OTT platforms such as Netflix, TVING, and Wavve. Viewers can also find fresh news and videos about the program on E Channel's official YouTube and Instagram.
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