Sunday, May 17, 2009

Man arrested in Yeongam for killing wife, stepdaughter, niece.

I saw this story in Korean before I saw it on the Korea Times homepage.
According to Yeongam Police Station in South Jeolla Province, the 43-year-old man, identified as Lee, raped and strangled his 20-year-old stepdaughter at his home on Tuesday around 7 p.m. At about 11 p.m., he killed his wife in his vehicle, while parked in the vicinity of the restaurant where she was working.

Around midnight, Lee also raped his 18-year-old niece at his house and confined her along with his biological daughter, with their arms and legs bound.

The Korean article says that today Lee led police to the body of his niece---listed as 17-years-old here---some three-and-a-half kilometers away in Samho-eup. She was found in a shallow grave with her hands and feet bound with tape.

Yeongam county is in the western part of the province, bordered by Mokpo to the west, Naju to the north, and Gangjin to the south.

2 comments:

An Expat in Korea said...

Very close to my former university. Man am I glad I got out of there...

Samuel said...

Expat--which university is that? There is one Daehakyo in Yeongam, in Dokcheonli, and then there is Daebul, which is actually in Mokpo. I also taught and lived in Dokcheonli, Yeongamgun.
I am surprised to hear this about Yeongam, because there is fuck all to do in that county.