[Anchor]

A man who murdered his former partner in Daejeon and fled has been apprehended 18 hours later. It was revealed that the man had been reported to the police twice last year for stalking and other charges related to the victim.

TJB reporter Park Bum-shik has the details.

[Reporter]

In front of a villa in Jung-gu, Daejeon.

Fire engines and ambulances arrive, and paramedics wait with a stretcher.

At around 12:36 PM yesterday (October 24), a woman in her 40s, identified as B, was found dead inside her home.

Police launched a pursuit, suspecting that her former partner, a man in his 40s named A, murdered B and fled.

[Neighbor: (The police) seemed to have arrived around 2 PM. About three police cars, and it looked like they only spoke with the landlord and left...]

Immediately after the crime, A took a taxi and moved to Incheon International Airport and Wolmido, among other locations.

While staging an escape to evade police pursuit, A was arrested by police in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, 18 hours after the incident.

The deceased victim, B, was found lying on a bed, and police noted there were no signs of forced entry.

[Paramedic: It was generally a posture of just lying down, and there were marks that appeared to be pressure on the neck.]

According to the investigation, A had a history of being reported to the police twice last year for stalking the deceased B.

At the time, police implemented safety measures such as a restraining order and provided a smart watch, but after B submitted a statement expressing a desire not to punish A a month later, the measures were canceled, and A was cleared of charges without being sent to the prosecution.

[Bae In-ho, Head of the Criminal Investigation Division at Daejeon Jungbu Police Station: Upon arrest, the suspect made statements admitting to the charges, saying, 'I did wrong, I want to die.' We are currently investigating the suspect's motives.]

Police confiscated A's cell phone and conducted a search and seizure of his residence to check whether the crime was premeditated, while planning to apply for an arrest warrant by tomorrow.

(Video reporting: Kim Il-won from TJB, Video editing: Lee Seung-hee)

Park Bum-shik, TJB