(Anchor)
An active military officer who killed a female military officer working in the same unit, mutilated the body and dumped it in the Bukhangang River has been arrested.

It was claimed to be an accidental murder, but the cover-up process was meticulous.

I’m connecting with the reporter. Reporter Ji Hwan!

Is the suspect in custody?

(Reporter)
It is the so-called “abandonment of the body damaged by the Bukhan River”.

The suspect, a 30-year-old military officer, was served with a warrant this morning.

The court session ended in about 10 minutes.

The court issued an arrest warrant, citing the destruction of evidence and fears of flight.

Yang, who was caught the day before yesterday (3), did not say anything at the time of repatriation or during the police investigation yesterday.

It was the same today.

There was no apology, and no word, with his head bowed in his black hat and robes.

is accused of strangling and killing a 33-year-old female soldier A who was working with her, mutilating the body and abandoning it.

(Anchor)
The suspect claims an accidental murder that occurred during the argument, right?

(Reporter)
The suspect, Yang, was in his 30s and was about to be promoted to lieutenant colonel serving in a unit in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do after leaving the military academy.

On October 28th, I was transferred to an affiliate facility in Songpa-gu, Seoul.

The victim who died was a 33-year-old military officer A who worked in the same unit.

Also, the contract expired on October 31. To summarize what Ms.

he told the police.

About 10 days ago, at 15:00 on the 25th of last month, those who were about to expire argued in Yang’s vehicle in the auxiliary parking lot.

Police did not reveal the exact reason for the argument given the privacy and position of the bereaved family.

claims: “I strangled Mr. A to death during an argument.”

So it’s an accidental murder.

(Anchor)
But after the murder, was the cover-up process meticulous enough?

(Reporter)
Mr. Yang, who killed Mr. A, covered the body in the vehicle with clothes and hid it, and finished working as a unit for now.

And after work, he destroyed the body with the tools he had prepared beforehand.

The place where the body was damaged was also a construction site scheduled to be demolished near the facility.

When the police visited the site, it was known that it was not easy to secure the evidence because the retaining wall or floor had already been demolished.

Later, he dumped corpses around the Bukhangang River in Hwacheon, Gangwon-do, where he worked 10 years ago and knew the geography well, and put stones around him to prevent them from floating well.

When I returned to Seoul after the murder, I also used the victim’s cell phone to avoid suspicion.

sent a text message to the unit on the 27th, the day after he abandoned the body, using Mr A’s mobile phone to ask for leave.

Yang posed as Victim A because he feared his crime would be revealed if he was absent without permission.

He later decorated the victim’s mobile phone as if it was a life reaction by turning it off and on and sent a message to the victim’s family and acquaintances.

(Anchor)
The police arrested the criminal quite quickly after the incident was reported. There is an opportunity to disclose personal information, right?

(Reporter)
The whole story of the crime was revealed when residents reported that some bodies were found in the Bukhan River.

The first report came in last Saturday, and police urgently analyzed fingerprints and DNA to identify the victim.

After that, it was possible to quickly identify the suspect through the analysis of mobile phones and CCTVs and surrounding inquiries.

This is why Yang, who was walking around his house a day after the body was discovered, could be arrested urgently.

However, he quickly arrested the body after it was revealed, and in fact, the very crime of murder occurred on the 25th of last month, which is 11 days ago.

The body accidentally surfaced and the investigation began.

If the body hadn’t come out or been lost through a dam upstream of the Bukhangang River, the crime itself might not have been solved.

As the suspect Yang confessed to the crime, the police intend to gather investigative power to reveal the motive of the crime and the relationship with the victim in the future.

In addition, we intend to hold an open review committee soon to verify whether A’s personal information will be disclosed.

I’m Jihwan from YTN at Gangwon Report HQ.

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