Police Father Disposed of Son’s Sex Dolls: "Concerned About Link to Sex Crime"

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Police initially referred the case of Jang Yun-gi to the prosecution on charges of murder. However, the prosecution, through supplementary investigations, upgraded the charges to rape and murder, a crime that carries a significantly heavier penalty than standard murder. The facts that have come to light—that police failed to properly seize sex dolls during the initial investigation and that the suspect's father, a serving police officer, disposed of them—are specifically linked to efforts to prove a sexual motive for the crime.

Kim Deok-hyeon reports.

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On May 5, it took approximately 11 hours from the time Jang Yun-gi murdered high school student Lee Chae-won until he was apprehended.

Jang was arrested two days later on May 7, and a week after that, police referred the case to the prosecution on murder charges.

However, the prosecution conducted a supplementary investigation and indicted Jang on charges of rape and murder.

Several suspicious points have emerged during the police investigation process.

After the incident occurred and before Jang was apprehended, the police identified that his father was a police inspector surnamed Jang and maintained contact with him.

Furthermore, although sex dolls damaged by what is presumed to be a weapon were found in the bathroom of Jang's residence during a search and seizure, it was revealed that they were not included in the investigation records for the arrest warrant application.

The day after Jang was arrested, police even connected a phone call between him and his father, and the investigation team leader provided Inspector Jang with his son's address and the door passcode to his home.

Subsequently, Inspector Jang entered his son's home, collected two sex dolls, and disposed of them.

A report stating that bloodstains found in a vehicle returned one day after the crime belonged to the late Lee Chae-won was also initially omitted from the case records by the police; it was only sent to the prosecution on July 2, six weeks after the incident occurred.

The police's questionable handling of evidence and Inspector Jang's act of destroying evidence are connected to clues intended to prove that Jang Yun-gi's motive was sexual assault.

This is consistent with Inspector Jang's statement during the prosecution's investigation, in which he admitted he was "concerned that his son's crime would be linked to sexual matters."

While the investigation team at the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station maintains that there was no misconduct during the investigation, the National Police Agency, which is conducting an inspection of the entire investigation, is currently reconstructing all the issues that occurred during the initial response phase.

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