A man in his 60s who stalked and murdered his ex-lover in Eunpyeong-gu is sent on charges of revenge murder.

A man in his 60s suspected of murdering his ex-lover in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul was detained and handed over to the Public Prosecution Office.

On the 13th, the Seoul Eunpyeong Police Station announced that Mr. A (64), who is suspected of killing his ex-lover, a woman in her 70s, was arrested and forwarded on the same day on charges of revenge murder.

Mr. A is accused of luring the victim to his residence at 12:02 pm on the 4th, assaulting the victim's face, and strangling her to death. He is also accused of destroying the victim's cell phone during the crime.

It was found that Mr. A stalked the victim by visiting her residence and workplace 17 times from October 23rd to the 4th of this month.

During the police investigation, Mr. A claimed that he accidentally killed the victim during an argument.

Based on the results of the investigation, including the fact that Mr. A prepared the crime tool in advance and the investigation of Mr. A's whereabouts and related persons, the police determined that Mr. A lured the victim to his residence for the purpose of killing him, changed the charge to revenge murder, and sent him to the case.

The court issued an arrest warrant for Mr. A on the 7th, saying there was a risk of him running away.

The victim previously reported Mr. A's stalking crime a total of four times since September 2024.

On July 18, when the third report was received, Mr. A was arrested by the police on charges of going to the victim's home and strangling her, violating the temporary prohibition against access.

The police applied for an arrest warrant for Mr. A at the Seoul Western District Public Prosecutors' Office on charges of assault, violation of the punishment law for talking, and theft, but the Public Prosecution Office did not request a warrant, citing the fact that Mr. A, who had stage 4 lung cancer, was in poor health as he had just undergone cancer surgery and that some supplementary investigation was needed.

At the time, the police transferred Mr. A without detention and applied for temporary measures such as holding Mr. A in a detention center and attaching an electronic location tracking device (electronic anklet), and Mr. A stayed in the detention center until August 22.

The police recommended safety measures to the victim on two occasions: when Mr. A left the detention center and when Mr. A's location tracking device attachment period ended, but the victim refused both times.

Accordingly, the police did not take any action, such as extending the provisional measure, and the victim was found dead on the 5th, about two weeks after Mr. A took off the electronic anklet.