It was investigated that the time of the crime of the younger brother in his twenties who was accused of abandoning the agricultural waterway in Ganghwa Island after the murder of his older sister was four months ago, in December of last year.



The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency's investigation team announced today (30th) that the time of the crime of Mr. A in his late twenties, who was arrested on charges of murder and abandonment of mortality, was in December of last year.



The police investigated Mr. A and confirmed that he murdered Mr. B, a woman in his thirties, at his home in an apartment in Namdong-gu, Incheon, in mid-December last year.



It was investigated that Mr. A left his sister's body on the roof of the apartment for 10 days and then abandoned it in a farming waterway in Seokmo-do, Samsan-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, where the body was found by transporting the body by vehicle at the end of December last year.




The police thought that the house where A lived with her sister was on the top floor of the apartment, so the body could be stored on the roof for 10 days.



Mr. A admitted the charges during the police investigation, but claimed that the crime was accidental.



He stated in the police, "I didn't match my sister's personality, and there was usually a trivial quarrel," he said. "My sister was nagging (even on the day of the crime) and was accidentally committing."



The police confirmed the situation where Mr. A withdrew a certain amount from Mr. B's account, and is confirming the association with the murder.



After the crime, Mr. A was reported to have used his sister's social network service (SNS) account by inserting B's mobile phone SIM (subscriber identification module USIM) into another device.



It was found that he posted a related article on social media as if he was an older sister.



A police official said, "The suspect is confessing the crime for now," and said, "We plan to check the exact details and motives of the crime after further investigation."



Mr. A is accused of being abandoned in an agricultural waterway in Seokmo-do, Samsan-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon City, after stabbing his sister B several times with a weapon in mid-December last year.



Mr. B's body was found at 2:13 pm on the 21st by residents near an agricultural waterway.



The police identified Mr. A as a suspect in the process of investigating the people around him based on Mr. B's cell phone and financial transaction details, and then arrested him at his acquaintance's house in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do yesterday afternoon.



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