Police arrest and forward Park Yong-soo to Public Prosecution Office for ‘Naju couple murder’

After the preliminary visit, prepare a change of clothes and means of escape… Police determine planned crime

When asked, “Why did you tie the victim up?” he answered, “Because he made noise at night.”

(Naju = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Da-um and Min Hyun-ki = Park Yong-soo (53), who tied up and murdered a couple in their 60s in Naju, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, was handed over to the Public Prosecution Office.

On the 16th, the Naju Police Station in Jeollanam-do detained and sent Park Yong-soo to the Gwangju Regional Public Prosecutors' Office on charges of robbery and murder.

Park Yong-soo is accused of stabbing or strangling a couple in their 60s to death at a house in Wanggok-myeon, Naju-si at around 9:28 p.m. on the 5th.

The couple was found dead the next afternoon in the living room and master bedroom, respectively, with their hands and feet tied with tape and clothes.

It was discovered that immediately after the crime, Park Yong-soo withdrew 6 million won in cash from the couple's credit card and used it at an adult arcade in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do.

When they lost money, they transferred 5 million won from the couple's account to the owner of an adult arcade to receive game points, and it was revealed that even this was squandered.

It was discovered that Park Yong-su planned the crime by visiting the couple's house several times before committing the crime.

He meticulously planned an escape route, alternately using a bicycle stolen from an apartment complex in Muan, the couple's truck, and his own car.

The victims' blood and DNA were detected on the clothes of Park Yong-su, who had prepared a change of clothes in advance.

The police believed that Park Yong-soo committed the crime for money and charged him with robbery and murder instead of murder and robbery.

During police investigation, Park Yong-su claimed that he had gone to visit the couple to collect money they had lent him, but later confessed to throwing away the weapon and the couple's cell phone in the Yeongsan River.

Before being transferred from the Gwangju Eastern Police Station to the Gwangju Regional Public Prosecution Office this morning, Park Yong-su was asked by a reporter, “Is there anything you want to say?” and said, “I’m sorry. I’m really sorry to the bereaved family.”

When asked, 'What was the reason for tying up the couple?', he answered, 'It was because they were making noise at night,' and did not give any answer to the questions, 'Why did you kill them?' and 'Did you plan the crime from the beginning?'

Park Yong-su, who came out of the police station, frowned and did not open his eyes the entire time he got into the convoy.

The police held a Personal Information Disclosure Deliberation Committee on the 13th and decided to disclose Park Yong-soo's personal information for one month, considering the brutality of the crime, serious damage, the public's right to know, and the need to prevent repeat crimes.

This is the second time that the Jeonnam Police Agency has decided to disclose the personal information of a suspect in a serious crime since Park Dae-seong, the ‘Suncheon high school girl murderer’ in 2024.