Freezer Installed a Week Prior... Fake Gift Certificates Ordered Under Pretext of Film Shoot

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It has been revealed that a frozen warehouse at a cafe in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, where a body was discovered six days ago, was delivered and installed a week before the incident. It was also found that the cafe owner induced the female victim to leave her mobile phone behind before bringing her to the freezer.

Reporting by Cho Min-ki.

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CCTV footage captured a man in his 30s surnamed Shin, the suspect in the Paju freezer murder case, bringing a container-type frozen warehouse into the cafe on August 27, a week prior to the incident.

In addition, the 50 billion won worth of forged department store gift certificates found alongside the body of a woman in her 60s inside the warehouse were reportedly ordered by Shin from a printing shop last July under the pretext that they were needed for a film shoot.

Police have also booked another man, identified as A, on charges related to the gift certificate forgery.

Man A is the person who picked up the victim in Seoul on the day of the incident, dropped her off in Paju, and informed her family that evening that he could not reach her.

Based on reports from the bereaved family stating that the victim went out to handle matters involving a large sum of money, police are investigating whether a dispute over the forged gift certificates broke out inside the freezer.

The investigation into the cause of the victim's death is also gaining momentum.

According to the preliminary verbal findings from the National Forensic Service autopsy, no external trauma was found.

Investigations revealed that while bringing the victim to the freezer, Shin induced her to leave her phone in his car, and it was also uncovered that he had asked an AI what happens if a person is inside a freezer.

As Shin attempted to disrupt the investigation by giving false statements about the victim's whereabouts right after the crime, police are verifying the credibility of his statements through a forensic analysis of his mobile phone.

(Camera, Kim Nam-sung | Video Editing, Kim Ho-jin)
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