Suspect Accused of Murdering Mother-in-Law Also Forwarded on Charges of Raping Wife Before Marriage

Kim Seong-woo, a 26-year-old social service agent accused of murdering his mother-in-law and kidnapping his wife amid divorce proceedings, has been additionally forwarded to prosecutors on charges of raping his wife before their marriage.

The Gyeonggi Suwon Gwonseon Police Station announced today (the 30th) that it forwarded Kim to the Suwon Prosecutors' Office on October 27 on charges including rape resulting in injury under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, as well as illicit filming using cameras.

Kim is accused of having non-consensual sexual relations with his wife, surnamed A, and inflicting injuries on her in November of last year at his residence in Suwon, before they were married.

Investigations revealed that Kim also filmed the acts. At the time, the two were in a relationship, and they registered their marriage in February of this year.

Previously, Kim was forwarded to the Seoul Eastern Prosecutors' Office on charges of murdering his 50-year-old mother-in-law with a weapon after going to her home in Songpa-gu at around 5:35 a.m. on the 11th of this month—while undergoing an annulment lawsuit with A—when she screamed and tried to stop him as he attempted to forcibly drag A away.

He is also accused of forcing A into a vehicle, traveling to a wooded area in Yangyang County, Gangwon Province, and confining her there.

Kim stalked A by waiting near her family's home a total of 18 times between September 16 and October 11, and stalked her 9 more times between August 22 and September 30, even after the court issued a provisional restraining order.

The Seoul Songpa Police Station, which investigated the murder of the mother-in-law and the abduction of the wife, is currently conducting supplementary investigations at the request of the Seoul Eastern Prosecutors' Office.
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