"She Is Missing" Found Dead... Two Weeks After Ankle Monitor Was Removed

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A man in his 60s has murdered a woman in her 70s in Seoul, who was his former romantic partner. The man had previously been ordered to wear an electronic tracking device for stalking the victim, but committed the crime just two weeks after the device was removed.

Reporter Im Jihyeon has the details.

[Reporter]

A residential neighborhood in Bulgwang-dong, Seoul, in the early hours of yesterday (November 5).

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 the fire authorities to open the door to a specific house.

The location 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 house.

Police arrested B at the scene on murder charges.

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

[Nearby Resident: I am shaking so hard I could die. Just yesterday at 2 o'clock, I helped carry her (A's) belongings and talked with her....]

[Nearby Resident: It has been three to four months since they broke up, and (B) was reportedly reported for stalking.]

B has a history of being reported four times for assaulting and stalking A in the past.

In July, police requested an arrest warrant, but the prosecution rejected it at the time, citing the reason that B had just undergone cancer surgery.

Instead, police applied for provisional measures against B at the court, and B was held in a detention center for a month from mid-July.

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

Police plan to determine the exact cause of A's death through an autopsy while investigating the precise motives and circumstances of the crime once B finishes his treatment.

(Camera detained by Choi Dae-woong, Video edited by Ahn Yeo-jin)
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