Lee Ki-young (32), who is accused of murdering his ex-wife and taxi driver, has been arrested and indicted.
Prosecutors confirmed that Lee Ki-young is at high risk of recidivism as a psychopath, and found additional charges of retaliatory murder and forgery of private documents in addition to the previously applied charges of robbery and murder and concealing a body.
The Uijeongbu District Prosecutor's Office's Goyang Branch Investigation Team (Team Leader Jeong Bo-yeong, 2nd Criminal Division Chief) announced today (19th) that they have arrested and indicted Lee on charges of robbery and murder and retaliatory murder under the Act on Aggravated Punishment for Specific Crimes.
On the afternoon of August 3, last year, Mr. Lee was accused of killing Mr. A (50), who was her partner and landlord, by hitting and killing Mr. A (50) in the head with a blunt weapon for the purpose of stealing her cell phone and credit card in a residential area in Paju, Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of August 3, Gyeonggi is receiving
There is also a suspicion that the body of Mr. A was abandoned the next day in the area around Gongneungcheon Stream in Paju.
On December 20 of last year, about 4 months later, to cover up a drunk driving contact accident, he lured taxi driver B (59) to his house, hit him on the forehead twice with a blunt weapon, killed him, and abandoned the body in a closet. receive.
In addition to financial purposes, the prosecution added charges of retaliatory murder, believing that there was also a purpose to prevent this, as Lee, a repeat offender of drunk driving, is expected to be sentenced to prison if he is reported to the police.
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In addition to committing murder and abandoning and hiding the body, Mr. Lee used the names of the victims to swindle 100 million won in money and pretended to be victims to cover up the crime.
After the murder of Mr. A, from August 3 to October 26 of last year, he was accused of transferring or paying 39,306,682 won by accessing Internet banking with a credit card in the name of Mr. A on 36 occasions (using a computer, etc.). fraud) as well.
In addition, between August 12 and September 22 last year, the charge of paying 41,935,840 won with a check card in the name of Mr. A over 95 times (fraud and violation of the Specialized Credit Finance Act) was also confirmed.
After the murder, he is also charged with sending messages to acquaintances 92 times using Mr. A's cell phone and laptop until November 13 of last year (violation of the Information and Communications Network Act).
In November of last year, it was also confirmed that he used forged sales contracts to steal an apartment in the name of Mr. A (forgery of private documents).
Between December 21 and 24 of last year, after the murder of Mr. B, he was accused of accessing Internet banking in the name of Mr. B, entering information without authority, and transferring 47,881,732 won to himself six times. receive.
On the 22nd and 23rd of the same month, he paid 7,691,000 won while purchasing goods five times with a credit card in the name of Mr. B. It was also revealed that the message was sent 132 times.
In addition to the two murders, Lee Ki-young created a false business to fraudulently obtain 10 million won in subsidies for small businesses related to COVID-19.
According to the results of the 'Daegun Integrated Psychological Analysis', Lee Ki-young is characterized by self-centeredness and antisocial nature, often acts impulsively and selfishly according to his own gains or momentary desires, and has a tendency to be a 'psychopath' who lacks the ability to control emotions and impulses. That's it.
In addition, the risk of recidivism of a violent crime was assessed as 'high', and the prosecution requested an order to attach an electronic location tracking device to Lee Ki-young.
An official from the prosecution said, "We have secured objective evidence to prove the crime, but we will continue our efforts to find the victim's body." "he said.