During divorce proceedings, he murdered his mother-in-law, kidnapped his wife, and ran away... Man in his 20s arrested

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Jae-hoon = A man suspected of stabbing his mother-in-law to death with a weapon during divorce proceedings, kidnapping his wife in a car and running away was arrested by the police on the 11th.

On this day, Songpa Police Station in Seoul urgently arrested Mr. A, a man in his mid-20s who was suspected of parricide, after real-time tracking.

Mr. A is accused of stabbing his mother-in-law in her 50s with a weapon in Songpa-gu, Seoul this morning and then fleeing to Gangwon-do with his wife in her 20s in a car.

At 5:38 a.m. on this day, the police reported, ‘A man is trying to drag a woman away. We were dispatched after receiving a 112 call that a woman was lying down.

The mother-in-law, who was found at the scene, was taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest but died.

The police determined that Mr. A had fled after putting his wife in the vehicle, and in cooperation with the Gangwon Police Agency, they found the vehicle used for the escape and his wife in a hill in Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do.

The wife was found safe.

After continuing to search the mountain, the police urgently arrested Mr. A at around 12:35 p.m.

It was discovered that Mr. A committed this crime during divorce proceedings with his wife.

The police plan to investigate the specific circumstances of Mr. A's crime.