Twist in Missing Person Investigation Leads to Capture of Serial Sex Offender After 19 Years

A suspect in a serial sexual assault case that remained unsolved for 19 years has been arrested by police.

The Seoul Guro Police Station announced on the 15th that they arrested a man in his 50s, designated as A, on charges of trespassing, rape, and special robbery-rape.

A is suspected of breaking into victims' homes and sexually assaulting them in Guro-gu, Seoul, in August 2007, and in Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, in October of the same year.

During an investigation into a missing person case that occurred in July of this year, police conducted DNA testing across all units of an officetel in Gangseo-gu, Seoul.

The DNA of A secured during this process was found to match that of the suspect from the long-term unsolved rape cases from 19 years ago.

Based on this evidence, the police arrested A.

A reportedly confessed to both crimes committed 19 years ago during police questioning.

On the 23rd, the police transferred A into the custody of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office with a detention warrant.

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