Body Found in Guro Residential Area Identified as Illegal Chinese Resident... Warrant Review Held for Landlord and Accomplice for Abandoning Corpse

The body found in a "mummified" state in a residential area in Guro-gu, Seoul, has been identified as an illegal resident of Chinese nationality.

No signs of homicide have been discovered so far, and the exact cause of death, such as natural causes or illness, remains unconfirmed due to the decomposition and desiccation of the body.

According to SBS reporting on October 29, the Seoul Guro Police Station identified the body found in a residential area in Guro-dong on the morning of October 27 as a Chinese man.

According to police, the landlord, surnamed Kim, is suspected of discovering the body of a tenant and instructing a man in his 60s, also surnamed Kim, who usually follows his directions, to dump it in the garbage area.

Wrapped in plastic and newspapers, the body was dumped in the garbage area on October 22, left unattended for five days, and then discovered around 11:00 AM on October 27 by a sanitation worker affiliated with the Guro-gu Office.

The two suspects admitted to the fact that they abandoned the body during police investigations.

However, the landlord Kim stated that he only instructed the other suspect to throw away an object that looked like a doll and did not know it was a body.

The man in his 60s in turn stated that he had suspicions it might be a body.

Kim Ji-hyun, the senior judge dedicated to warrant proceedings at the Seoul Southern District Court, held a pre-trial detention hearing (warrant substantive examination) for the two suspects at 10:30 AM on October 29 on charges of instigating the abandonment of a corpse and abandoning a corpse, respectively.

The landlord Kim did not answer questions from reporters when appearing at the court.

When asked by reporters whether he knew it was a body when abandoning it, the man in his 60s replied, "I thought it was a doll."

To the question of whether he admitted to the charges, he answered, "Yes," and when asked if he admitted to the charge of abandoning the body, he said, "I am sorry."

Police are investigating the deceased man's activities prior to his death and the circumstances surrounding his death.
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