Jung Jae-hwan Grabbed Rolex First While Covered in Blood... Mother Goes Further: 'Could Have Sold It'

It has been revealed that 24-year-old Jung Jae-hwan, the suspect in the so-called "naked murder" case who brutally killed his middle school classmate in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province, tried to secure an expensive luxury watch immediately after the crime.

According to friends who arrived at the scene first after receiving a contact from the victim before death in the early hours of the 4th, Jung wandered around the apartment area naked right after the crime, returned home, and then encountered friends who were already at the scene around 4:40 AM.

Shortly after, one of the friends punched Jung, and another dragged him out and seated him in the hallway, at which point Jung shed tears and said, "I'm sorry."

While shedding tears, Jung suddenly said, "I need to take the watch now," entered the house where the victim's body was left unattended, retrieved a Rolex watch from the room, and reportedly tried to hand it over to another friend present at the scene.

At the time, Jung told the friend, "You're the only person I can ask," adding, "Please deliver the Rolex watch and the 20 million won in cash inside the vehicle to my mother."

It was also reported that while coming out with the watch, Jung passed around the victim's body, slipped and fell on the living room floor pooled with blood.

According to the friend, police subsequently arrived and subdued Jung, during which time the friend reportedly threw the received watch onto the hallway floor out of panic. Days after the incident, Jung's mother even called this friend directly and said, "Where did the Rolex watch go? If you hid it somewhere, we could have sold it."

Jung has reportedly failed to give a proper explanation regarding how he came to possess the luxury watch and large sum of cash, or has responded to the effect that he "won it through gambling."

Following additional investigations into Jung, the prosecution plans to formally indict him in custody on charges of brutally murdering his middle school classmate and attempting to mutilate the body.

(Reported by Lee Hyeon-yeong | Video by Choi Gang-san | Graphics by Lee Su-min | Produced by SBS Digital News)
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