Identity of 'Naked Murderer' Revealed as 24-Year-Old Jung Jae-hwan... "Police Encountered Him but Let Him Go"

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The identity of 24-year-old Jung Jae-hwan, who stabbed his friend to death at an apartment in Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, earlier this month, has been released. The bereaved family is raising issues regarding the police's initial response, claiming that officers encountered Jung on the street but failed to apprehend him.

Reporter Yoo Soo-Hwan has the story.

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In the middle of the night, a man runs across the road in the nude.

He wanders along the sidewalk and even passes by a patrol car that suddenly appears.

This is 24-year-old Jung Jae-hwan, who is accused of murdering his friend of the same age at his apartment in Hayang-eup, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, in the early hours of July 4.

Jung is accused of biting the victim's face while they were drinking together, stabbing the victim multiple times with a weapon, and even desecrating the body.

At the time, the victim called another friend to ask for help. The recording of that call reportedly contains Jung's voice asking the victim, "Don't I look cute?"

Immediately after the crime, Jung, covered in blood and naked, visited a convenience store to take a drink and wandered the streets. Although he encountered a patrol car, he was not immediately apprehended.

It was other friends who eventually caught Jung when he returned to the scene of the crime on his own.

The bereaved family questioned why the police did not immediately subdue Jung when they encountered him. The police explained that they had ordered him to stop, but he ran away.

The Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency stated that it would disclose Jung Jae-hwan's personal information for 30 days, citing the brutality of the crime, the severity of the damage, and the fact that sufficient evidence has been secured.

(Video Editing: Lee Sang-min, Footage provided by: Lawyer Nam Eon-ho, representing the bereaved family)
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