Police released the personal information of Kim Seong-ho, 43, who was arrested on charges of robbery-murder for killing a jewelry shop owner in Bucheon, Gyeonggi, and fleeing with stolen valuables.
The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency said on the 20th that it held the Personal Information Disclosure Review Committee and, under Article 4 of the Act on the Disclosure of Personal Information of Serious Crime Suspects, decided to disclose Kim's personal information, including his face, name and age.
Starting today through on the 19th of next month, police will post Kim's personal information for 30 days on the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency website.
Kim is accused of killing the shop owner, a woman in her 50s identified as B, with a weapon at a jewelry store in Sang-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, on the afternoon of the 15th, then fleeing after robbing more than 50 pieces of jewelry worth about 20 million won and 2 million won in cash.
B, who was stabbed with the weapon, suffered severe injuries to her chest area and other parts, went into cardiac arrest, and was taken to a hospital by 119 paramedics but died the same day.
When a 112 call came in that day, police immediately requested cooperation from nearby police stations and the provincial and metropolitan police agencies to track A's escape route.
In the process, A was found to have changed into a suit prepared in advance right after the crime, thrown away the clothes worn at the time on the street, and fled by switching taxis several times.
Police confirmed that the final drop-off point of the taxi A took was in the Jongno-gu area of Seoul, and immediately deployed personnel from nearby police stations to conduct a search.
Then, at about 5:34 p.m. the same day, they found A on a street in Jongno-gu and arrested the suspect. At the time, A had been moving after selling some of the stolen jewelry while visiting jewelry stores around Jongno.
In a police interview, the suspect said the crime was committed "because of heavy debt." Police applied for an arrest warrant for A, and on the 18th the court issued the warrant, citing "concerns about destruction of evidence and flight."