Nearly 30% of All Missing Persons Cases in Jeju Closed by a Single Police Officer

It has been revealed that about 30% of all adult missing persons reports received in Jeju were closed independently by Police Officer Boo, the suspect in the false closure of missing persons reports in Jeju.

According to data on "missing persons reports and current status of missing persons" submitted by the National Police Agency to People Power Party lawmaker Kim Jae-seop today (August 30), a total of 1,048 adult missing persons cases were reported in Jeju from March of last year, when Officer Boo began working on the missing persons team at the Jeju Seobu Police Station, through the end of July this year.

Officer Boo was found to have independently closed 298 cases during his tenure on the team.

The proportion of cases closed by Officer Boo out of the total received cases stands at 28.44%, which is close to 30%.

During Officer Boo's service on the missing persons team, the number of adult missing persons cases resolved (closed) totaled 1,047, including 687 cases in 2025 and 360 cases this year.

The proportion of cases closed by Officer Boo out of the total resolved cases is 28.46%.

Assuming that 12 workers on the missing persons teams across the three police stations in the province—Jeju Seobu Police Station, Jeju Dongbu Police Station, and Seogwipo Police Station—each closed an arithmetic average of 87 to 88 cases per person, the number of cases closed by Officer Boo alone exceeds triple the average.

In effect, the number of missing persons cases resolved by Officer Boo is equivalent to the scale of missing persons cases received and resolved by an entire police station in the province.

In particular, such a high closure rate is considered unusual for adult missing persons cases, which involve various types such as runaway cases, inevitably deepening suspicions of shoddy or false case closures.

In fact, Officer Boo was arrested on charges of falsely closing the missing persons reports of a woman in her 30s surnamed Jang in May and a man in her (or his) 60s surnamed Park last month.

Regarding whether there are additional instances of false closures of missing persons reports, the police stated, "We are conducting a full investigation," but have not disclosed the extent to which the investigative procedures have been carried out.
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