A former copilot in his 50s who killed an airline captain with a weapon disguised himself as a delivery driver to track the target's home, among other meticulous preparations for the crime, according to newly revealed details.
According to police and others on the 20th, a person surnamed Kim in his 50s, who killed an airline captain in Busanjin District, Busan, on the 17th and was arrested after fleeing, had designated a total of four people, including the victim, as targets three years ago. Kim reportedly used a car after work or followed on foot to analyze their movements and identify their home locations.
In recent months, he allegedly posed as a delivery driver and visited the apartment several times to determine the exact residence. Dressed to look like a delivery driver and carrying packages, he entered the apartment building, rang doorbells, and checked whether the targets actually lived there.
After completing preliminary inquiries and tracking movements, Kim also carried out the actual crime in a planned manner. Around 4:30 a.m. on the 16th, Kim preemptively attached a sign reading "Out of order" to the elevator doors on the floor of the victim's apartment. The aim was to induce the victim to use the emergency stairs.
As the victim set out for work, the victim in fact headed for the stairs and encountered Kim. Kim then tried to strangle the victim to death, but failed due to the victim's strong resistance.
Around 5:30 a.m. on the 17th, Kim is suspected of stabbing to death with a weapon an airline captain who was a colleague at an apartment in Busanjin District. On the 16th, the day before the killing, in a residence in Ilsanseo District, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Kim attacked a captain who was a coworker and tried to strangle the captain to death using a tool, but failed and fled.
Immediately after committing the killing in Busan, Kim went to the residence of another former colleague in Changwon, South Gyeongsang, to carry out an additional crime but failed. Kim fled to Ulsan and was arrested by police around 8 p.m. on the 17th, about 14 hours after the crime.