"There Originally Was No Freezer Warehouse"... Signs of Premeditation in 'Paju Murder'

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It has newly been revealed that an acquaintance accompanied the woman who was found dead inside a freezer warehouse in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. Police have secured a statement from the detained cafe owner indicating that he built the freezer warehouse to confine the victim, and are focusing their investigation on the possibility of a premeditated crime.

Reporter Jeong Jiyeon.

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The cafe in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, operated by a man in his 30s, identified as A, who was detained on charges of luring and murdering a woman in her 60s.

In the parking lot next to the cafe building stands the container-style freezer warehouse where the victim's body was discovered on the 4th.

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

A video of the cafe parking lot uploaded to social media around mid-last month also shows no sign of the freezer warehouse.

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

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

Police also verified that an acquaintance traveled together with the victim when she visited Paju.

This acquaintance reportedly notified the family after losing contact with the victim, who had visited the cafe under the pretext of "going to trade gift certificates."

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

Based on this statement, police are expanding their investigation, keeping in mind the possibility that the deceased victim was entangled in a tens of billions of won fake gift certificate fraud case and was premeditiously murdered.

Gift certificates with a face value estimated at 50 billion won, suspected of being forged, were discovered inside the freezer warehouse.

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

(Camera Reporter: Kim Nam-sung | Video Editor: Chae Cheol-ho)
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