Woman Murdered Right After Ex-Partner's Electronic Bracelet Was Removed Was Under Police High-Risk Management

It has been revealed that a woman in her 70s who was murdered by her former partner right after the electronic tracking of his ankle monitor ended was under the police's high-risk management for relationship-based crimes.

Police stated that the woman in her 70s, who was killed by her former partner at around 6:00 a.m. today at a multi-family housing unit in Bulgwang-dong, Seoul, was a designated Grade A subject for relationship-based crime monitoring.

Grade A management subjects are relationship-based crime victims who have three or more 112 emergency calls and case reports, respectively, and whom the police contact once a month to check on their safety.

Previously in July, the deceased victim in her 70s reported the perpetrator, a man in his 60s named A, to the police. It was revealed that the police applied for an arrest warrant for man A on charges including violations of the Stalking Punishment Act, but the prosecutor declined to request it.

In response, the police applied for provisional measures allowing detention in a detention center and the attachment of an electronic tracking device, holding man A in a detention center for about a month starting from late July, and keeping the electronic device attached until October 22 after his release, the police explained.

Man A reportedly sought out his former partner and committed the crime as soon as the electronic ankle monitor attachment period ended, and man A is also known to have sustained serious injuries after attempting self-harm immediately following the crime.

The police, who conducted a comprehensive inspection of relationship-based crimes for 12 days from October 19 to 30, previously stated that out of 15,840 cases under investigation, approximately 32%, or 5,068 cases, were classified as high-risk, leading to applications for 376 arrest warrants, 506 detentions and other measures, and 321 electronic device attachments.

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