Saying "Kimchi" to Dying Friend... Shocking Details Emerge on Unanswered Questions

[Conversation between Victim and Jeong Jae-hwan / Actual Call Recording: (Ah! Jae-hwan, it hurts so much.) How cute are you? Hey, you bastard. Oh, how cute, you son of a bitch, hey, are you upset? Are you upset? Hehehe, cute.]

An audio recording from the time of the brutal murder of a friend of 10 years by Jeong Jae-hwan has been revealed, causing widespread shock.

Jeong Jae-hwan was arrested by police after stabbing and killing the victim multiple times with a weapon at his home in the early hours of July 4, roaming the streets naked. A funeral home official who saw the victim's body expressed utter astonishment, saying, "I have never seen anything like this."

[Funeral Home Official: It is the first time I have seen a deceased person mutilated to this extent. You can see bite marks, bites like this... Not just slight bites, but like teeth marks you see in zombie movies.]

According to the autopsy results, the cause of death was multiple sharp-force injuries. Parts of the victim's body were slashed open, and internal organs were even protruding outward.


Jeong Jae-hwan, who is being held in a detention center, has remained silent about the motive for his crime, claiming he does not remember because he was drunk. However, a phone call between the victim and another friend prior to the death captured the exact situation at the time of the incident.

[Victim / Actual Call Recording: My intestines are about to pop out, Jae-hwan. My intestines are coming out, Jae-hwan. Jae-hwan! Ah!]

An audio analysis expert stated that Jeong Jae-hwan's voice can be heard saying "Kimchi" in the recording, further adding to the shock by suggesting that he took a verification photo after committing the crime.


[SBS Unanswered Questions Episode 1501: The dull sound heard from the other end of the receiver matched the waveform and frequency of a cell phone camera's shutter sound. Before leaving the house, Jeong Jae-hwan's final action was to point the camera at the victim and take a verification photo saying, "Take a kimchi smile."]

Jeong Jae-hwan reportedly ran away from home and left his parents during middle school. When the production team of SBS Unanswered Questions called Jeong Jae-hwan's father to ask about the current situation, the response they received was even more shocking.

[Jeong Jae-hwan's Father: (Thinking that as family, you might have talked about why your son did such a thing) I don't know that. How would I know? I don't care. If it were my temper, if you were in front of me, I'd want to really strike you down with a weapon. Hang up. It's too frustrating.]

Experts who analyzed Jeong Jae-hwan's behavior noted, "Crimes caused by psychiatric symptoms usually involve anxiety and nervousness, but Jeong Jae-hwan rather seems to enjoy it. It seems he failed to control his impulses and became chronic due to being abandoned by his parents and failing to receive proper education at the right time."

Netizens who encountered the incident expressed angry reactions such as, "The live-broadcast murder recording is too creepy," and "Seeing the parents explains it all. Execute him immediately."

(Planned by: Yoon Sung-sik | Video by: Kim Na-on | Footage provided by: Unanswered Questions Episode 1501 | Produced by: SBS Digital News)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.