Suwon Jungbu Police Station in Gyeonggi Province / Courtesy of Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Company
A household of 4 was discovered lifeless in an condo in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, in what police suspect to be a case of murder-suicide.
Police confirmed the identification of the daddy discovered within the condo car parking zone, however did not uncover the our bodies of his relations dwelling in the identical condo till a day later.
The daddy in his 40s was stated to have suffered from financial hardship after failing to get well 300 million gained ($225,000) he had lent to an acquaintance, Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Company and Suwon Jungbu Police Station stated Tuesday. The person, who ran his personal enterprise, had repeatedly requested the borrower to repay the debt, citing his worsening dwelling state of affairs.
In latest textual content messages, he wrote, “I don’t wish to go this debt on to my kids,” and “Please repay me quickly — I’m struggling to get by.”
Authorities consider the person might have killed his household earlier than taking his personal life. Police found his physique within the car parking zone of the condo complicated in Suwon’s Jangan District round 4:30 a.m. Sunday after responding to a resident’s report.
Though the person’s identification was confirmed by means of fingerprint evaluation at 7:55 a.m., police didn’t instantly examine the condo the place he lived together with his spouse and two kids.
Investigators later revealed that they had been conscious the person lived within the constructing together with his spouse, a son in center faculty and a youthful daughter in elementary faculty. Nonetheless, they didn’t forcibly enter the house, citing a neighbor’s comment that the household typically traveled on weekends.
No proof of compelled entry?
Whereas CCTV footage confirmed solely the person’s actions, it didn’t present his spouse or kids leaving the condo. Regardless of calling the spouse greater than 20 occasions, police centered solely on finding her slightly than opening the condo door.
It was not till round 11 a.m. Monday, greater than 27 hours after figuring out the person, that police, accompanied by one other relative that they had positioned utilizing native administrative information, accessed the condo utilizing the door password.
Inside the primary bed room, they discovered the our bodies of the spouse and two kids. Marks indicating strangulation and burn traces had been discovered on their necks, however no be aware was found.
The delay in discovering the opposite victims has sparked public criticism over the police’s dealing with of the case.
In response, a police official stated, “Because it was Sunday, the native administrative workplace was closed, which made it troublesome to find the subsequent of kin. It was additionally not a simple resolution to proceed with compelled entry.” Police stated they plan to conduct forensic evaluation of the couple’s cell phones to additional examine the circumstances of their deaths.
An post-mortem by the Nationwide Forensic Service will decide the precise time and reason behind dying. Nonetheless, whether it is confirmed that the spouse and youngsters had been nonetheless alive after the daddy’s dying, questions over the delayed response by police are prone to intensify.
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Instances, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Instances.
