'Murderer who damaged electronic anklet buys 4 phones with victim's card and resells them'

Kang Mo (56), who is accused of consecutively murdering two women before and after damaging an electronic tracking device (electronic anklet), is leaving the courtroom after the warrant hearing held at the Seoul Eastern District Court on the 31st.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] It has been confirmed that Kang Mo (56), who damaged an electronic tracking device (electronic anklet) and murdered two women, purchased mobile phones using the victims' cards and then resold them.

According to the police on the 31st, Kang purchased four mobile phones worth approximately 5.96 million won with the victims' credit cards at a mobile phone store located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 27th, the day after he killed the victims at his home on the 26th. Kang then resold the phones, and the police have secured related evidence.

The police are investigating on the premise that Kang committed the crime due to financial problems. A police official stated, "Regarding the motive for the crime, it is understood to have started from a dispute over financial issues, but the exact facts have not yet been confirmed, so it is difficult to provide specific details." Currently, the police are conducting suspect interrogations and securing evidence, continuously verifying the truthfulness of Kang's statements.

Kang damaged the electronic anklet and fled on the 27th but surrendered by driving the victim's car to Songpa Police Station around 8 a.m. on the 29th and confessed to murdering two women in their 40s and 50s. The victims were acquaintances of Kang, and the bodies were found at Kang's residence and in the victim's vehicle, respectively. An autopsy revealed that the victims likely died from strangulation. The police believe Kang committed the first murder between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on the 26th, and the subsequent crime occurred around 3 a.m. on the 29th, the day he surrendered after fleeing.

Meanwhile, Shim Tae-gyu, the chief judge in charge of warrants at the Seoul Eastern District Court, conducted a pre-arrest hearing for Kang, who is charged with murder and other offenses, on the morning of the same day and issued an arrest warrant citing "risk of flight." Before appearing in court, Kang kicked a broadcast microphone toward reporters who asked about his motive, saying, "Report properly," and after the hearing, he acted violently, saying, "I regret not killing more," and "I committed the crime because society is f***ed up."

Following the issuance of the arrest warrant, the police are considering holding a personal information disclosure committee and plan to deploy profilers to conduct psychological interviews and analyze Kang's mental state.

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