A man in his 50s who killed a middle-aged woman he knew and even an accomplice in the crime was arrested.
The Incheon Michuhol Police Station arrested a man in his 50s on charges such as robbery and murder and abandonment of the body.
Jung Woo-young, the chief judge in charge of warrants of the Incheon District Court, issued an arrest warrant for Mr.
A is accused of strangling and killing a woman in her 50s, B, whom she usually knew, in a building in Michuhol-gu, Incheon on the 4th and withdrawing millions of won in cash using his credit card.
Afterwards, he left the body of B in the trunk of a car parked near Inha University Station in Michuhol-gu, Incheon.
Person A is also accused of killing an accomplice, male C in her 40s, with a blunt weapon in a hill near Eulwang-ri, Jung-gu, Incheon on the afternoon of the 5th and then abandoning the body nearby.
When questioned about the reason for killing the accomplice during the police investigation, Mr. A is known to have stated, "I was arguing over money, and Mr. C said he would report it to the police, so I beat him to death with a sledgehammer."
Person A is also said to have made a claim to the effect that "Mr. B killed him while arguing," but that he did not intend to steal money from the beginning.
Under various circumstances, the police believe that Mr. A killed Mr. B for money, and then also killed Mr. C to cover up the crime, and is further investigating the exact circumstances of the incident.
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