Missing Woman Found Dead in Freezer, Revealing Tens of Billions of Won in Counterfeit Vouchers

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

Reporter Jeong Jiyeon has the details.

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

After receiving a missing person report for a woman in her 60s in the early hours of the 4th, police tracked her mobile phone's location and zeroed in on this spot, where they discovered her inside the freezer.

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

The cafe was built by remodeling a warehouse.

Currently, a temporary closure notice is posted on the door, and the entrance is tightly locked.

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

Police identified the cafe's owner, a man in his 30s identified as A, who had been with the victim on the day she went off the grid, as a suspect and apprehended him in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, on the afternoon of the same day.

Police detained A yesterday (the 6th) on charges of luring and murdering the woman in her 60s, stating that they are still investigating whether he left her in the freezer after the murder or locked her inside to cause her death.

While proceeding with an autopsy on the deceased woman, police are reportedly pressing A about his motives and whether he had any accomplices.

It has also been reported that tens of billions of won worth of counterfeit department store gift certificates were discovered inside the freezer.

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

The cafe, popular enough to draw customers from outside Paju, posted an online notice on the 3rd announcing a temporary closure and stating that it would "resume normal operations starting on the 4th," but it is currently suspended from business.

(Camera Reporter: Kim Nam-sung | Video Editor: Lee Hong-myung)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.