'Triangle Murder' Kim Taehyun's First Trial Today... Direct Court Appearance

Published 01 Jun.2021 06:43(KST)

Suspect Kim Taehyun, accused of breaking into an apartment in Nowon-gu, Seoul, and killing a mother and her two daughters, is being transferred to the prosecution at Dobong Police Station in Seoul on the 9th. Photo by Kang Jinhyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] The first trial of Kim Tae-hyun (25), who was arrested and indicted on charges of murdering three women in a mother-daughter trio at an apartment in Nowon-gu, Seoul, will be held on the 1st.

The Criminal Division 13 of the Seoul Northern District Court (Chief Judge Oh Kwon-cheol) will hold the first trial session for Kim, who has been indicted on charges including murder, special trespassing, and violation of the Minor Offenses Act, on the morning of that day. Unlike the preparatory hearing, the defendant is required to attend the trial session. Accordingly, Kim is expected to appear in court after being brought from the detention center.

Kim is accused of visiting an apartment in Junggye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul, on March 23 and sequentially murdering the three women in the mother-daughter trio. He committed the crime because the eldest daughter, Ms. A, whom he met through an online game last November, refused to meet and did not respond to his contact attempts. Kim meticulously planned the crime, checking the victim’s work schedule in advance and even preparing clothes to change into after the crime.

When Kim went to Ms. A’s residence, only her younger sister was at home. Kim pretended to be delivering a package to get the door opened, then killed the younger sister and subsequently murdered the mother and Ms. A, who returned home one after another.

Before the crime, he threatened Ms. A to learn her phone’s unlock pattern, and after the crime, he turned on the computer in the house and accessed Ms. A’s social networking service (SNS), deleting conversations related to himself and her friend list.