Mummified Body Abandonment Suspects Claim "Didn't Know It Was a Corpse"… Arrest Warrants Imminent

Two men suspected of abandoning a body in a residential area have claimed during police questioning that they "did not know it was a corpse," denying the charges.

The Seoul Guro Police Station urgently arrested two suspects on charges of abandoning a body yesterday (Oct. 27) and conducted initial questioning.

Suspect A, a man in his 60s, and Suspect B, a man in his 80s, who face charges of abandoning a corpse and instigating the abandonment of a corpse respectively, reportedly admitted to the act of disposal during the interrogation.

However, they are reportedly maintaining their claims that they disposed of the body without knowing it was a corpse.

Police have gathered that Suspect B is the owner of a multi-family housing unit in Guro-gu, and the two suspects met long ago as a landlord and tenant, maintaining their acquaintance until recently.

An autopsy by the police indicated that the abandoned body is presumed to be male, but its age, nationality, time of death, and cause of death have not yet been determined.

Police plan to conduct an autopsy on the body today (Oct. 28) while supplementing their investigation into the suspects before applying for arrest warrants soon.

Previously, around 11:00 a.m. yesterday (Oct. 27), a sanitation worker belonging to the Guro-gu Office discovered the abandoned body and reported it to the police.

The body was reportedly left wrapped in plastic and newspapers for five days, undergoing partial decomposition and drying, resulting in a mummified state.

Based on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and other evidence, police tracked down the suspects and urgently arrested Suspect A and Suspect B at around 4:00 p.m. on the same day.

Reported by Son Hyeong-an | Video by Lee Yu-jin | Graphics by Lee Su-min | Produced by SBS Digital News
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