Missing Woman Found Dead in Freezer... Unexpected Discovery of Tens of Billions of Won Worth of Counterfeits

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Three days ago, a frozen body was found inside the walk-in freezer of a large cafe in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. The victim is a woman in her 60s who had been reported missing, and police have arrested and are investigating a man in his 30s who is the owner of the cafe.

Reporter Jeong Jiyeon has the details.

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This is a large cafe located in Munsan-eup, Paju, Gyeonggi Province.

Receiving a report of a missing woman in her 60s in the early hours of the 4th, the police pinpointed this location through mobile phone location tracking and discovered the woman inside the freezer.

At the time of discovery, she was already dead and her body was frozen, according to reports.

The cafe was made by remodeling a warehouse.

Currently, a closure notice is posted like this, and the entrance doors are tightly locked.

[Nearby Resident: I thought it was strange that there were no customers. They weren't there the next day either, and then it seemed the police arrived.]

Police identified a man in his 30s, surnamed A, who is the owner of the cafe and had been with the deceased woman on the day she went missing, as a suspect, and apprehended him in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, on the afternoon of the same day.

Police arrested A yesterday (the 6th) on charges of luring and murdering the woman in her 60s, explaining that they are currently investigating whether she was abandoned in the freezer after being killed or whether she was locked inside the warehouse and left to die.

While proceeding with an autopsy on the deceased woman, police are reportedly questioning A regarding his motive for the crime and the possible existence of accomplices.

It is also known that tens of billions of won worth of counterfeit department store gift cards were found inside the freezer.

Police are investigating whether these gift cards are related to the circumstances under which the two individuals met.

The cafe, which had been popular enough to attract customers from outside Paju, announced a temporary closure through an online notice on the 3rd, stating, "We will resume normal operations from the 4th," but it is currently suspended from business.

(Video by: Kim Nam-sung | Video Editing by: Lee Hong-myeong)
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