20s Man Who Killed Ex-Girlfriend Sent Fake "Don't Worry" Texts to Family Using Victim's Phone

Unable to Report Missing Relatives with False Messages
Body Found After More Than a Month

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suwan] It was revealed during the investigation that a man in his 20s who killed his ex-girlfriend and disposed of her body sent false text messages to the victim's family using her mobile phone after the crime.

According to the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency on the 4th, A (27), who was recently arrested on charges of murder and corpse disposal, strangled his ex-girlfriend B (29) to death and then sent text messages saying "Don't worry" to the victim's family using B's phone.

A is known to have sent the message to B's father, pretending it was from B.

In particular, due to A's false text messages, the family did not report B missing, and the body was discovered more than a month later, according to the investigation.

This fact was uncovered during the police's analysis after securing B's mobile phone.

A is suspected of assaulting B and strangling her to death around 10 a.m. on January 12 at a villa in Gangseo-gu, Seoul.

It was confirmed that he left B's body in the villa for five days after the crime. Then, on the 16th of the same month, he loaded the body into a vehicle, moved to Incheon, and abandoned it near the road by Moksanggyo Bridge on the Gyeongin Ara Waterway.

Also, C, A's girlfriend in her 20s who helped dispose of the body on the same day, was also arrested on charges of corpse disposal.

During the police investigation, A reportedly stated, "I got angry and strangled my ex-girlfriend during an argument about breaking up," and "I didn't know what to do, so I left her body inside the house."

C is said to have told the police that she helped with the crime because she liked A.

The police plan to send both to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment.

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