Prime Suspect in Yangsan Garbage Pile Corpse Abandonment: 'Victim Woman's Cohabitant'

Multiple Past Convictions Confirmed... Denying All Charges

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] The Yangsan Police Station in Gyeongnam has booked a man identified as A (59), who lived with a woman found dead in a pile of garbage, on suspicion of murder on the 9th.

A is suspected of abandoning a mutilated corpse in a pile of garbage by the wall of a church in a redevelopment area in Bukbu-dong, Yangsan City, at around 2:36 a.m. on the 8th, and then setting it on fire.

After securing CCTV footage around the church and tracking the movements of people captured on video before and after the incident, the police judged that A was the most likely suspect and arrested him at around 4:48 p.m. the previous day as he was returning home.

Currently, A is reported to be denying all charges.

Therefore, additional information such as the time and method of the woman's murder remains unclear.

Based on the degree of decomposition of the corpse, it is only presumed that the mutilated body was kept indoors for some time before being abandoned in the garbage pile.

The police have requested DNA analysis and an autopsy of the corpse from the National Forensic Service to identify the victim and determine the cause of death.

A police official stated, "If A confesses, we plan to find the rest of the body based on that," adding, "We also expect to apply for an arrest warrant for A soon."

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