Ex-Boyfriend Murders Former Partner Two Weeks After Electronic Anklet Removal

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A man in his 60s has murdered his former romantic partner, a woman in his 70s, at a multi-family housing unit in Seoul. The man had previously stalked the woman and was even fitted with a location-tracking electronic anklet, but committed the crime just two weeks after the measure expired.

Reporter Im Jihyeon has more.

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Early yesterday morning (November 5) in a residential neighborhood in Bulgwang-dong, Seoul.

Two police cars pull in, followed by an ambulance about an hour later.

After receiving a report that a woman in her 70s, identified as A, was missing, police pinpointed her location and asked fire authorities to open the door of a specific home.

This place was the home of a man in his 60s, identified as B, who was A's former romantic partner. A was found dead inside the residence.

Police arrested B at the scene on murder charges.

The man was found unconscious with no signs of external trauma and was transported to the hospital.

[Nearby Resident (November 5): Oh, I am shaking so much. As of 2:00 yesterday, we were helping carry [A's] luggage together and talking....]

[Nearby Resident: They broke up 3 to 4 months ago, and [B] was reported for stalking.]

B has a history of receiving four reports for allegedly assaulting and stalking A in the past.

Last July, police also applied for an arrest warrant, but the prosecution rejected it at the time, citing reasons such as B having undergone cancer surgery shortly before.

Instead, police requested a provisional measure against B from the court, and B was held in a detention center for a month starting from mid-July.

He also wore a location-tracking electronic anklet from his release until October 22, meaning he committed the crime just two weeks after the location tracking ended.

Police plan to confirm A's cause of death through an autopsy while investigating the exact motive and circumstances of the crime as soon as B finishes medical treatment.

(Video Reported by Choe Dae-woong | Video Edited by Ahn Yeo-jin)

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