Say "Kimchi" to Dying Friend... Shock Over "Unprecedented" Unanswered Questions Episode

[Conversation between the victim and Jeong Jae-hwan / Actual recorded phone call: (Ah, Jae-hwan, it hurts so much) How cute are you. Hey, XX XX. Oh so cute, XXX, hey, are you resentful? Resresentful? Heh heh heh, cute.]

A shocking recording of the murder has been revealed, capturing the moment Jeong Jae-hwan brutally killed a friend of ten years.

Jeong stabbed the victim multiple times with a weapon at his home in the early hours of July 4 and roamed the streets in a naked state before being arrested by police. A funeral home official who saw the victim's body expressed utter astonishment, saying, "I have never seen a condition like this."

[Funeral home official: This is the first time I have seen a deceased person mutilated to this extent. You can see bite marks, like bites... Not just slight bites, but like the bite marks you see in zombie movies.]

According to the autopsy results, the cause of death was multiple sharp-force injuries. Parts of the victim's body were slashed open, and internal organs were even protruding.


Jeong, who is being held in a detention center, has remained silent about the motive for his crime, claiming he does not remember because he was drunk. However, a phone call between the victim and another friend right before the death captured the situation at the time of the incident intact.

[Victim / Actual recorded phone call: My intestines are about to pop out, Jae-hwan. My intestines are coming out, Jae-hwan. Jae-hwan! Ah!]

An audio analysis expert stated that Jeong's voice saying "Kimchi" can be heard in the recording, adding to the shock by suggesting that he took a certification photo (proof shot) after the crime.


[SBS Unanswered Questions Episode 1501: The dull sound heard through the receiver matched the waveform and frequency of a mobile phone camera shutter sound. Before leaving the house, Jeong's final action was pointing the camera at the victim and taking a certification photo saying, "Take a kimchi, [Name]."]

It is known that Jeong ran away from home during his middle school years and left his parents' care. When the production team of SBS Unanswered Questions called Jeong's father to ask about the current situation, the reaction was even more shocking.

[Jeong's father: (Thinking you might have talked as a family about why your son did this) I don't know that, how would I know? I don't care. If my temper gets the better of me and you were in front of me, I'd want to smash you with a weapon for real. Hang up. It's frustrating.]

Experts who analyzed Jeong's behavior noted, "Crimes caused by psychiatric symptoms typically involve anxiety and nervousness, but Jeong rather appears to be enjoying it," adding, "It seems he failed to control his impulses and became chronic due to being abandoned by his parents and failing to receive proper education at the right time."

Netizens who encountered the incident reacted with anger, commenting, "The live-broadcast murder recording is too spine-chilling" and "Looking at the parents explains everything. Execute him immediately."

(Planned by: Yoon Sung-sik | Video edited by: Kim Na-on | Screen source: Unanswered Questions Episode 1501 | Produced by: SBS Digital News)
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