Kim Hwi-seong, a 3rd grader at Seohyeon High School in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, who went missing after school on the 22nd, was found dead in a nearby hill on the 7th day of his disappearance today (28th).
The Gyeonggi Bundang Police Station announced that the body of Kim was found near the mountain trail near the main gate of the Saemaul Training Center in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si at 6:33 am today.
At the time of discovery, Kim was found lying on his back with a pay-as-you-go bag over his head.
No injuries were found on the body, and no suicide note was found.
The police presume that Kim made an extreme choice based on the form of Kim's body at the time of discovery or a black box video of Kim heading to the vicinity of the Saemaul Training Center.
A police official said, "There is no evidence of external force being used by others, and there are no injuries, so it is presumed that Kim made an extreme choice so far." We will check it,” he said.
Earlier, on the 22nd, Kim sent a text message to his parents saying, "I will study at night and go in at 9 o'clock," and contact was lost.
Afterwards, looking at the CCTV footage where Kim's actions were captured, he went to a convenience store after leaving school around 4:40 pm on the same day to recharge his transportation card and buy a pay-as-you-go bag used for extreme choices.
Then, after buying a book at a bookstore near Seohyeon Station, I went out to the street and went to the bus stop.
There was no internal black box on the bus that Kim was supposed to be on, so it is not clear how he moved to the Saemaul Training Center.
However, as a result of analyzing the black box images of other buses that passed through the bus stop at that time, the police believe that Kim got on the bus after paying cash and got off at the Saemaul Training Center.
The police have been tracking Kim’s actions since the 23rd, including 180 personnel from three mobile units and helicopters, drones, and search dogs to search for Kim in the Yuldong Park, Saemaeul Training Center, and Cheoneunjeongsa in Bundang from 10 am yesterday. have been tracking