South Korea has experienced a hectic week following the arrest on Jan. 28 of a man suspected of 38 years to have kidnapped and killed a student nearly 21 years of Ansan city south-western province of Gyeonggi. The body was found in a paddy field, 37 days after the young woman is missing. The victim was seen for the last time near the bus stop Gunpo Medical Center. According to investigators, mobile Kang Ho-sun was the rape and theft. The killer drew his victim in his vehicle to steal his credit card before strangling her with her nylons. 700 000 won (about $ 500) were withdrawn with the card in an agency Nonghyung Bank. Subsequently, Kang set fire to his car and his mother's order to destroy evidence of his guilt. Surveillance cameras of the bank branch and the traffic allowed the police to hand over the murderer. The latter has a criminal record including reports of several convictions.
This small neighborhood crime does not stop, unfortunately there. All indications are that Kang is also the author of a series of unsolved murders in which the facts date back to December 2006. Investigators have indeed found a kitchen knife, hair of a woman and a gold ring in the vehicle parked Kang at his farm in Suwon. All hands to battle public authorities: the National Institute of Scientific Investigation examined the objects found, hundreds of police officers conducted a search of the property in order to discover possible new clues while several profilers Criminals have taken part in interrogations. One of the shadows Kang's life remains the burning of his home in October 2005, killing his fourth wife and his stepmother. The widower and his son had succeeded in extricate himself from the burning house. Kang had the greatest chance out two insurance policies before his home engulfed in flames. He received compensation in the tune of 480 million won (about 350,000 dollars).
late January, turnaround. Whereas previously he denied all accusations, Kang sign its surrender by confessing the murder of seven women all missing the past two years. Like his last act in time, Kang has approached his victims to rape, rob and strangle. The bodies were then buried in areas sheltered from observation. Kang apologizes to the camera, calmly and without conviction which contrasts with that of normal criminals. Following his confession, the killer has conducted in early February to a reconstruction of crime scenes where the similarity to that of film noir Chang-wook Park Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is more than troubling. Kang and police have visited the cities of Gunpo, Suwon Hwaseong and to this end. The bodies were indeed there. Alternately, the slayer, which the face is hidden by his cloak and hood, show how he strangled and buried his victims. The anger of onlookers present at the site was without restraint: The fiery eyes converged on the criminal, and the wide cry, multiple voice and syncopated immense crowd was yelling for a "death" almost ceremonial. "Remove him his hat!" Exclaimed one of them. A grandmother of 80 years living near the crime scene said he was prepared to want to kill him. The terrible cry echoed through the desert air of this place several times: "Kill him!". Police has struggled to contain a crowd suddenly seized with a passionate vengeance.
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The killer, charged a total of seven murders committed between December 2006 and December 2008, is the subject of intense controversy nationwide: Pros and cons show the face of the alleged perpetrators? In South Korea, suspects have the right to hide their faces even after confessing their crimes. This practice stems from a directive from the police in 2005: "The images reveal the identity of suspects and victims should not be taken in the police" to protect the rights of victims but also the rights of suspects. The National Commission of Human Rights has also issued a notice to that effect. Kang has been presented to the press fitted with a cap, mask and hood of his cloak. Furia claiming the public face of the culprit. The media have decided to be unifying. Photo of Forensic Identification was published by the JoongAng Ilbo and Chosun Ilbo. The national television then followed suit by unveiling pictures Kang openly. A similar controversy
erupted during the arrests of two other serial killers in 2004 and 2006. The vehemence Korean eventually faded with time. With this new case, debate it reopened? Meanwhile, sales Portable Alarm and nunchaku increased following the arrest of Kang.
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