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▲ The Paju cafe where the frozen body of a woman in her 60s was found. A sign states that the establishment is closed due to internal circumstances.
Police are investigating after the frozen body of a woman in her 60s was found inside the freezer of a cafe in Paju, Gyeonggi Province.
Police have arrested and are currently detaining a man in his 30s who operates the cafe as a suspect.
A missing person report for a woman in her 60s, identified as A, was filed in Seoul at around midnight on the 4th.
Tracing her whereabouts based on her cell phone location data, police discovered A's body at around 2:00 p.m. on the same day inside the freezer of a cafe located in Munsan-eup, Paju.
Police identified a man in his 30s, B, who is the owner of the cafe and was with the victim at the time of her disappearance, as the suspect.
B was apprehended in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, around the time the body was discovered.
Police subsequently applied for an arrest warrant for B on charges of kidnapping and murder.
The Goyang branch of the Uijeongbu District Court issued the warrant yesterday (the 6th).
A and B reportedly met for the first time at the cafe on the 3rd.
A had met with B, who engaged in the practice of cashing out gift certificates known as "gift certificate cash swapping," to discuss matters related to gift certificates.
It was determined that the two did not know each other previously.
Police are investigating after capturing circumstances indicating that B lured A into the freezer by telling her, "The gift certificates are in the storage."
A's body was found frozen, suggesting it had been left unattended in the freezer for a considerable period.
The freezer is a horizontally long container-style structure measuring approximately 30 square meters.
It was investigated to be located right next to the main building of B's cafe.
However, it has not yet been confirmed whether B murdered A inside the freezer and left her body there, or if he locked a living A inside the freezer, causing her death.
Police maintain that the exact cause of death and details of the crime must be further verified through an autopsy and other investigative measures.
The cafe is known to be a popular spot that attracts many customers even from outside Paju.
B reportedly told his employees not to report to work starting from the 3rd and closed the cafe.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.
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