Dementia Grandma Found Covered in Bruises Sparks 'Cruel Assault Controversy'... CCTV Shows "Fall"

Found 6 Hours After Disappearance... Injuries on Face and Arms
Police Analyze Movements... Determine No Assault Occurred
Initially, "Looking for Assault Witnesses" Sparks Community Buzz

An elderly dementia patient who had been missing for six hours in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, was found covered in bruises, but the police concluded that the injuries were due to a fall rather than assault and closed the investigation.

On the 21st, the Yangju Police Station in Gyeonggi announced, "After analyzing the movements of the 80-year-old grandmother Kim, who went missing on the 14th, from the hospital where she disappeared to the last place she was found using closed-circuit television (CCTV), it was confirmed that she fell multiple times alone, and there appears to have been no assault."

On the 21st, the Yangju Police Station in Gyeonggi Province announced, "After analyzing the movements of an elderly woman in her 80s, Kim, who went missing on the 14th, from the hospital where she disappeared to the last place she was found using closed-circuit television (CCTV), it was confirmed that she fell multiple times alone, and there appears to have been no assault." [Photo by Online Community 'Bobae Dream']

Earlier, Kim’s family posted on online communities and social networking services (SNS) seeking witnesses to an assault on the dementia grandmother.

According to her son, Mr. A, Kim visited a hospital in Uijeongbu City with her son on the 14th but went missing while her son was inside for a medical consultation.

After six hours of being missing, the grandmother was found on a roadside about 6 km from the hospital, with severe bruising around her eyes and a serious orbital fracture. Blood had pooled around her eyes, and she underwent an emergency procedure in the ER to drain the blood.

Consequently, the family reported to the police, suspecting that someone had assaulted Mrs. A.

After the police concluded that the injuries were caused by falls while alone, the family also felt relieved upon reviewing the CCTV footage. They stated, "If there had been an assailant, the trauma would have been severe, but since that was not the case, we consider ourselves fortunate."