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▲ The Nambu Regional Resource Recovery Center in Incheon, where parts of a body were discovered.
As a week has passed since parts of a body were discovered in Incheon without any decisive clues to identify the victim, police are focusing their investigation on determining the location where the body was abandoned.
The Incheon Yeonsu Police Station and other authorities are continuing their investigation today (June 17) after narrowing the victim's profile to an "adult between 161 and 165 cm tall," based on the forensic analysis results from the National Forensic Service (NFS).
The NFS determined that the victim was an adult based on the fact that the growth plates in the left leg, which was discovered on the 10th, were closed.
It is understood that no findings regarding the victim's gender or age range have been released yet.
However, police believe there is a high possibility that the victim is female, based on the foot size of 210 mm.
Following the NFS forensic results, police have excluded young students from the victim profile.
Police are currently checking if there are any missing persons or individuals who have not returned home whose DNA matches the genetic information from the body.
They are also tracking the routes of vehicles that delivered recyclables to the Nambu Regional Resource Recovery Center in Songdo-dong, Incheon, where the body was found.
The police have reinforced the investigation headquarters by adding 40 officers from the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency's Major Crime Investigation Unit, bringing the total number of personnel to approximately 100.
Police are analyzing closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage installed along the routes taken by the recycling collection vehicles.
Considering that CCTV footage may be deleted over time, police plan to secure as much relevant video data as possible in advance.
On the day the body was discovered, collection vehicles made a total of 34 deliveries of recyclables to the center.
By collection area, 20 deliveries were from Yeonsu-gu and 14 were from Jung-gu (including Yeongjong Island).
The NFS is continuing detailed forensic examinations and DNA analysis to determine the victim's racial characteristics and gender.
A police official stated, "We have mobilized personnel to secure data necessary for the investigation in advance," adding, "We cannot disclose specific details regarding the progress of the investigation."
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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