Prosecutors indicted serial child rapist Kim Geun-sik, who had been re-arrested one day before his release, on charges of child molestation.



The Suwon District Prosecutor's Office, Anyang Branch, said that they had arrested and indicted Kim Geun-sik on charges of raping a minor under the age of 13.



Kim Geun-sik is accused of forcibly harassing a victim under the age of 13 with a knife in a hill near an elementary school in Gyeonggi-do in September 2006.



As a result of the prosecution's investigation, it was newly revealed through DNA analysis that the perpetrator of the unsolved case of child molestation 16 years ago was Kim Geun-sik.



In the process of investigating all unsolved cases of sexual offenses stored at seven Gyeonggi and Incheon regional police stations, the prosecution received a reply from the Supreme Prosecutor's Office that the DNA of the unidentified criminal in the 2006 unsolved case of child molestation was identical to that of Kim Geun-sik.



Based on this, the prosecution interrogated Kim Geun-sik and obtained a confession.



As a result of the additional investigation, it was confirmed that Kim Geun-sik was in custody at the time the victim claimed that he was sexually assaulted, and the prosecution dismissed the charges without charges. .



The investigation began when a victim who came across Kim Geun-sik's serial sex crimes through media reports reported it to the police in December 2020. .



Prosecutors also checked Kim Geun-sik's detention records and found that in December 2019, he assaulted a guard who stopped him while arguing with another inmate, and in July 2021, he hit a guard who stopped him while making a fuss. also applied.



Kim Geun-sik is also accused of habitually assaulting other inmates at the prison from January 2017 to December 2019 for food delivery problems.



Kim Geun-sik was sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping 11 minors in the metropolitan area from May to September 2005 and served a sentence in Anyang Prison.



Kim Geun-sik was originally scheduled to be released from Anyang Prison on the 17th and live in a rehabilitation facility located in Uijeongbu.