Man in his 60s arrested for 'Eunpyeong stalking murder'... Court "Fear of running away" (comprehensive)

Silence when asked ‘Why did you kill him?’ before the screening

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Minhyuk Yoon = A man in his 60s suspected of murdering a woman in her 70s who was his former lover was arrested in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul.

On the 7th, Chief Judge Park Seok-geun of the Seoul Western District Court held a pre-arrest interrogation (substantive warrant review) for Mr. A, a man in his 60s suspected of murder, and issued a warrant, saying, "There is a risk of him running away."

Mr. A is suspected of murdering Mr. B, a woman in her 70s with whom he had a past romantic relationship, at his residence in Bulgwang-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul on the 5th.

Mr. A, who entered the court at 2:26 pm on this day to attend the examination, did not answer reporters' questions such as 'Why did you kill your ex-lover?', 'Why did you take sleeping pills after the crime?', 'Did you threaten the victim to come home?', and 'Did you wait until the electronic anklet was removed?'

Mr. A, who was found by the police in an unconscious state next to Mr. B, who died after the crime, and was taken to the hospital, was treated and discharged the previous day.

During the police investigation, Mr. A generally admitted to the charges, saying, "I took sleeping pills after the crime. There was an argument during the conversation, so I got angry and killed him."

It was revealed that the deceased, Mr. B, had been continuously stalked by Mr. A.

Mr. B 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 violating the temporary prohibition against access and going to Mr. B's house and strangling him.

At the time, 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 stalking punishment law, 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.