The bereaved family appealed to the court to disclose the identity of the defendant who killed a female TikToker in her 20s and abandoned the body.

On the afternoon of the 16th, at Yongin Dongbu Police Station in Cheoin District, Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Mr. A, suspected of murder and abandoning a body, comes out to undergo a pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant review). Mr. A is suspected of strangling and killing TikToker Ms. B (woman in her 20s) at an undisclosed location in Incheon on the 11th and abandoning the body in a mountain in Muju County, North Jeolla Province. /Courtesy of News1

On the 14th, the 11th Criminal Division of the Suwon District Court (Presiding Judge Song Byung-hun) held a continued trial for a man in his 50s, identified as A, who was indicted and detained on charges including murder, abandonment of a body, and obstructing special official duties.

The victim's father, identified as B, was given a chance to speak by the presiding judge and said, "There was a victim before my daughter because of the defendant," and urged the disclosure of the defendant's personal information, saying, "There must not be a second or third victim going forward."

B said, "The murderer brutally killed my daughter, who was at the age to blossom, and abandoned her in a mountain in the provinces, then sent an apology letter to the court saying only the court is being reflected upon," and added, "It makes no sense for the defendant to get a reduced prison sentence because of a letter of remorse. The intent to downgrade the charge to assault resulting in death by negligence is even more unforgivable."

He added, "The murderer did not just kill one daughter; the murderer killed our entire family who are here."

A is accused of strangling to death a female TikToker in her 20s, identified as C, on Sept. 11 last year on Yeongjongdo, Incheon, and abandoning the body in a mountain in Muju County, North Jeolla Province.

Police, who launched an investigation after a missing person report from the victim's parents, confirmed that the car C took moved from Incheon toward Muju. Around 5 a.m. on the 13th of the same month, they found A through a checkpoint at a point 50–100 meters from where the body was abandoned.

Around May, A approached C and said, "I know the TikTok market well. I will help increase your subscribers," proposing a partnership and investment.

After establishing a TikTok business, conflicts arose over differences of opinion related to channel operations, and it is reported that the crime was committed during a video shoot after an argument, for the reason that A was "angry."

The next hearing will be held at 10 a.m. on Feb. 12.

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