'Kim Sung-woo, Who Murdered Mother-in-Law, Transferred... Stalked Wife 18 Times'

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A 26-year-old man named Kim Sung-woo, who is accused of murdering his mother-in-law and kidnapping his wife, has been transferred to the prosecutors' office in custody. In addition to retaliatory murder, charges of stalking his wife 18 times prior to the crime were also applied.

Reporter Jeong Jiyeon.

[Reporter]

Kim Sung-woo, 26, who is accused of murdering his mother-in-law and abducting his wife in Songpa-gu, Seoul, in the early hours of October 11, exits the police station with his face hidden by a hat and mask.

[Kim Sung-woo : (Why did you murder your mother-in-law?) ....... (Did you kill her for retaliatory purposes?) .......]

Kim, who was transferred to the prosecutors' office in custody yesterday (October 20), is understood to have stated to the police that "I committed the murder on impulse and put her in the car to talk with my wife."

However, the police applied charges such as retaliatory murder and retaliatory confinement, which allow for aggravated punishment, rather than parricide.

The police stated that they considered the circumstances, such as Kim purchasing the weapon used in the crime near his wife's family home while his wife, Ms. A, had reported Kim for domestic violence last August and filed a lawsuit to nullify their marriage, and that Kim had also postponed a police investigation scheduled for October 10, the day before the crime.

Additional stalking charges were also applied for loitering around Ms. A's residence a total of 18 times from September 16 until the day of the incident.

Among those instances, 9 occurred during the period when the court had issued a provisional measure order for a restraining order.

Regarding the hiring of a private detective agency during Kim's stalking process, which was first reported by SBS, the police have secured related statements and are understood to be investigating individuals connected to the agency.

[Bereaved Family Member : (While heading toward Gangwon Province in the car, Kim said) that he paid 20 million won to a private detective agency for two weeks, deployed those people all around her sister's house, and checked all her locations.]

Kim is also accused of ramming a pursuing patrol car and injuring two police officers while forcibly putting Ms. A into a vehicle and fleeing toward Gangwon Province.

(Video by: Kim Han-gyeol, Video Editing by: Choi Hye-young, Design by: Kim Ye-ji)
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