'Geumcheon Yeonin Murder' 30s Male Suspect, Detention Hearing at 3 PM Today

The decision on whether to detain Kim Mo (33), the suspect who stabbed his girlfriend with a weapon after being investigated by the police for dating violence, will be made soon.

The Seoul Southern District Court will conduct a warrant hearing (pre-arrest suspect interrogation) for Kim, who is accused of retaliatory murder under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, at around 3 p.m. on the 28th. The Seoul Geumcheon Police Station applied for an arrest warrant for Kim to the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office the day before.

A, who was reported for dating violence and investigated by the police, was urgently arrested by the police on the afternoon of the 26th and is entering the Geumcheon Police Station in Seoul.
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Kim is accused of stabbing his ex-partner A (47) multiple times with a weapon in the underground parking lot of a commercial building in Siheung-dong, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, at around 7:17 a.m. on the 26th, causing her death. One hour before the crime, Kim was investigated at a nearby police substation following a dating violence report filed by A and then returned home.

At around 6:11 a.m., after finishing the investigation, Kim told the police he was going to his registered residence in Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, but he did not go there. Instead, Kim went to the underground parking lot of a PC bang building that the two frequently visited. Upon seeing A’s vehicle there, he reportedly brought a weapon from A’s house and waited for her in the parking lot.

It is understood that at around 7:07 a.m., when A left the police station and arrived at the parking lot, Kim attacked her with the weapon. Afterward, Kim put the unconscious A into a vehicle he had rented and fled. He was urgently arrested by the police in Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, at around 3:30 p.m., about eight hours after the crime.

The police initially charged Kim with murder but changed the charge to retaliatory murder under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes after Kim stated during the investigation that he committed the crime out of anger because A reported him. The police plan to conduct an autopsy on A’s body on the 30th to determine the exact cause and time of death.