Rollex Grabbed in Blood-Stained State... Mother Said, 'Could Have Sold It'

It has been revealed that 24-year-old Jeong Jae-hwan, the suspect in the brutal murder of his middle school classmate in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province—the so-called "naked murder" case—attempted to grab a high-end luxury watch immediately after the crime.

According to friends and others who arrived at the scene first after receiving contact from the victim before death in the early hours of the 4th, Jeong Jae-hwan roamed around the apartment complex area naked right after the crime and returned home. Around 4:40 AM, he encountered friends who had gathered at the crime scene.

Soon after, one of the friends punched Jeong Jae-hwan, and another friend dragged him out and seated him in the hallway, at which point Jeong shed tears while saying, "I'm sorry."

While shedding tears, Jeong suddenly said, "I need to grab the watch now," went back inside the house where the victim's body was left, retrieved a Rolex watch from the room, and reportedly tried to hand it over to another friend present at the scene.

At the time, Jeong told the friend, "You're the only person I can ask," adding, "Please deliver the Rolex watch and the 20 million won in cash inside the vehicle to my mother."

It was reported that while coming out with the watch, Jeong walked past the area around the victim's body, slipped, and fell after stepping on the blood-pooled living room floor.

According to the friend, when police arrived and subdued Jeong afterward, flustered and distracted, the friend apparently dropped the handed-over watch onto the hallway floor. It was reportedly revealed that several days after the incident, Jeong's mother even called this friend directly to ask, "Where did the Rolex watch go? If you had hidden it somewhere, we could have sold it."

Jeong has reportedly failed to properly answer how he usually came to possess a luxury watch and a large sum of cash, or has responded along the lines of having "won it through gambling."

After completing additional investigations into Jeong, prosecutors plan to formally indict him in custody on charges of brutally murdering his middle school classmate and attempting to desecrate the body.

Reported by Lee Hyeon-yeong | Video by Choi Gang-san | Graphics by Lee Su-min | Produced by SBS Digital News
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