"He Is a Devil": Man Murders Ex-Wife, Stuffs Body in Suitcase After 20-Hour Crime Show Binge

[Voice of the eldest son of the late victim, Ms. Oh: He is not a human. He is a devil. A devil in human skin. He killed his spouse of nearly 30 years, and when I think of the man I called my father, I think of a psychopath.]

On March 30, a man in his 60s, identified as Lee, was arrested in Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province, after murdering a woman in her 50s in Seocho-gu, Seoul, and attempting to dispose of her body in a suitcase.

The victim was Ms. Oh, Lee's ex-wife, whom he had divorced three months prior to the incident.

The couple had been married for 28 years before divorcing by mutual agreement in January. Lee claims that he killed her impulsively during an argument after Ms. Oh filed a lawsuit for property division.

[Voice of the suspect, Lee: The victim shouted at me, saying, "Are you crazy, are you planning to kill someone?" I lost my temper, dragged her into the master bedroom... I lost my mind, and although I am not certain, I kept pressing her neck with both hands for about five minutes. Once the sound stopped, I released my hands from her neck...]

The victim's body was discovered with a plastic bag over her head and a necktie wrapped around her neck.

[Voice of Professor Lee Ho, Department of Forensic Medicine, Chonbuk National University: The fact that there were compression marks from a necktie tied over a scarf indicates it was tied very tightly. It is difficult to accept the claim that there was no intent to kill when he assaulted her, strangled her, and then covered her with a plastic bag and tied it with a necktie to that extent.]

Lee was known to those around him as a volunteer who frequently led community service efforts. He was also a multi-millionaire with assets worth over 10 billion won, owning six officetels in prime Gangnam locations and two apartments jointly owned with his ex-wife.

However, the testimonies of his two sons painted a different picture.

[Voice of the eldest son of the late victim, Ms. Oh: I always felt anxious when it came to the person I called my father. He would always watch TV and drink at night, watch TV and drink at night. He would scream, glare, and throw things as if he were really going to kill someone.]

Suspicious circumstances were also discovered in Lee's OTT streaming history.

While he typically enjoyed action or adult content, the proportion of crime-related shows he watched increased significantly around the time of the crime.

Notably, he spent 20 hours watching crime shows the day before the incident, and those shows included scenes of perpetrators stuffing victims they had killed through assault into suitcases to dispose of them.

During the trial, Lee showed an obsession with money rather than remorse. He urged his sons, who are preparing for the property division lawsuit, to stop, calling their actions meaningless, and even instructed them to hire the best criminal defense attorneys for him.

[Voice of the suspect, Lee: Do you think things happen in this world without a reason? Hello? Do you think I wanted to end up in here on purpose? The prosecutor even wrote a complete work of fiction in the indictment!]

Lee has hired four lawyers to contest the charges.

Reported by Lee Seyoung | Video by Seo Byeong-uk | Source: Unanswered Questions Episode 1493 | Produced by SBS Digital News
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