Cafe Owner Whose Freezer Stored Dead Body Says It Was For Confinement

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We brought you the news yesterday (September 7) about a frozen body discovered inside the freezer of a cafe in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. Police are expanding their investigation, weighing the possibility that the crime was premeditated, based on the suspect cafe owner's statement that the freezer was installed for the purpose of confinement.

Reporter Jeong Jiyeon has the details.

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A man in his 30s, identified as A, has been arrested on charges of luring and murdering a woman in her 60s at a cafe he operated in Paju, Gyeonggi Province.

Located in the parking lot beside the cafe building is a container-style freezer where the body of the female victim was found on September 4.

Residents living near the cafe reportedly stated, "We had never seen the freezer until last week."

The freezer is also not visible in a video of the cafe's parking lot uploaded to social media around mid-August.

Police suspect that cafe owner A recently installed the freezer for the purpose of committing the crime.

Police have reportedly confirmed through CCTV footage that A visited the cafe multiple times even after locking the female victim inside the freezer.

Police also confirmed that an acquaintance traveled with the female victim when she visited Paju.

This acquaintance reportedly notified the victim's family after being unable to reach her, as she had visited the cafe saying she was going to "trade gift certificates."

Furthermore, police have reportedly secured a statement from A to the effect that "I built the freezer to confine her if my forgery of gift certificates was discovered."

Based on this statement, police are expanding their investigation with the possibility in mind that the deceased victim was targeted and premeditately murdered in connection with a tens-of-billions-of-won counterfeit gift certificate fraud scheme.

Gift certificates with a face value estimated at 50 billion won, suspected to be counterfeit, were discovered inside the freezer.

Police are questioning the arrested suspect A to verify the authenticity and distribution channels of the gift certificates, while also checking for any potential accomplices.

(Camera input: Kim Nam-sung | Video editing: Chae Cheol-ho)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.