Daejeon 'stalking report': Application for arrest warrant for man in his 40s who murdered woman he was dating (comprehensive)

(Daejeon = Yonhap News) Reporter Byun Seon-jin = The Daejeon Police Agency announced on the 26th that it had applied for an arrest warrant for Mr. A, a man in his 40s, on charges of murder (murder) a year after his former lover who had reported stalking.

Mr. A is accused of assaulting and strangling B, a woman in her 40s in Daejeon, at her home on the 24th and then running away.

Mr. A admitted to the charges during police investigation, but claimed that he committed the crime accidentally during an argument with the victim.

The police plan to investigate the specific motive for the crime and check whether the crime was planned through mobile phone digital forensics.

They are also considering whether to apply additional charges other than murder through additional investigation.

After committing the crime, Mr. A removed his cell phone SIM card, took a taxi to Incheon Airport, and then fled to Gangneung, Gangwon-do. He was arrested at a lodging establishment in Gangneung at around 7:40 a.m. on the 25th.

The police said that there was no fact that Mr. A was issued an airline ticket, and that no smuggling attempts have been confirmed to date.

Mr. A was reported to 112 for stalking by Mr. B on October 10 last year.

When Mr. B, who was dating at the time, asked for a breakup, Mr. A made dozens of missed calls and contacted him through text messages over a short period of time.

The police issued Emergency Emergency Measures No. 1 and 2 to Mr. A, restricting access, phone calls, and text messages, and provided Mr. B with a smartwatch.

However, Mr. B reconciled with Mr. A about 20 days later, expressed that he did not want to be punished, and returned the smartwatch early, and the police's monitoring of the victim ended accordingly.

The police rejected the case in November of that year, saying that Mr. A's actions could not be considered continuous or repeated stalking.

On December 27 of the same year, a 112 call was made again while the two were arguing, but the two told the dispatched police officer, "The 112 call was pressed during a minor argument. I'm sorry," and the police concluded the incident on the spot, seeing that there was no suspicion of crime.

The police later confirmed Mr. B's past history of stalking reports and reclassified the case as social violence.

They then tried to monitor the victim, but Mr. B refused to call the police, so they sent a text message informing them of how to provide support, the police said.

The system of dividing the risk of perpetrators into three levels and reviewing applications for arrest warrants within 7 days for high-risk groups was introduced this year and was not applied at the time of this incident.

The police plan to conduct an autopsy on Mr. B on the 27th and review whether the requirements for disclosing Mr. A's personal information are met.