▲ Daejeon Provincial Police Agency
Police are investigating consecutive reports of a so-called "flasher" appearing near Dosolsan Mountain in Seo-gu, Daejeon, but his whereabouts remain unknown after five months.
According to the Daejeon Provincial Police Agency today (September 22), following a report received on April 26 that a man was standing with his pants off near a girls' high school in Seo-gu, Daejeon, similar emergency 112 calls have continued to pour in from the vicinity, including the high school and nearby Dosolsan Mountain, up until recently.
Eyewitness accounts claiming to have "seen a flasher in the Seo-gu area" are also being continuously posted on Daejeon regional online communities and social networking services (SNS).
According to these accounts, the man is known to appear frequently, sometimes three to four times a week, over the past several months.
Police report that the suspect, presumed to be the same person, mostly appears wearing a mask or with his face completely covered, taking off his pants to expose specific body parts or engage in obscene acts.
Although police launched an investigation after the initial report in April, the suspect has been evading police pursuit by targeting only moments when women are present to commit crimes in an instant and flee, or by changing clothes in the mountains without revealing his face.
In particular, because he deliberately frequents hiking trails and walking paths near girls' high schools where there are no closed-circuit (CC) TVs, police are having a hard time identifying him.
Police have secured all CCTV footage along the access routes near the hiking trails and walking paths where the suspect frequently appears, conducting repeated analysis to trace his movements.
A police official stated, "The suspect seems to know the geography and road conditions of the Daejeon area well," adding, "We have reinforced patrols focusing on the reported areas and deployed a large number of personnel to track him down."
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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