[Anchor] First, with the recent discovery of missing persons dead in a succession of incidents in Jeju, including the case of Jang Mi-ran, residents are feeling increasingly anxious, is that right?
[Reporter] Yes, posts expressing anxiety over the consecutive missing persons cases have been appearing on online communities in the Jeju region recently.
In particular, concerns have grown further after 37-year-old Jang Mi-ran, who went missing last May, was found dead 104 days later in a palm tree forest in Hallim-eup, Jeju City.
A resident living in Hallim-eup wrote on an online community that they visited the site where Jang was found, stating, "It is so dark without a single streetlight that it is not a place to take a walk at night," and expressing regret by adding, "There are many CCTVs and vehicle dashcams around, so if there had been a proper response at the time of the initial report, she could have been found much faster."
Posts venting anxiety, such as "It's scary to go outside these days" and "I don't understand how the missing person case was falsely concluded," have also been posted continuously on Jeju-area mom cafés and other online spaces.
In particular, as it was revealed that the police officer who falsely concluded the Jang case had also handled another missing person case as if contact had been made, distrust in the police's response is growing as well.
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