Police Found Serial Killer Kang Yoon-sung's Rental Car but Did Not Search for Cutter or Weapon

Kang Yoon-sung (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 of last month.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] Kang Yoon-sung (56), who was arrested on charges of damaging an electronic monitoring device (electronic anklet) and murdering two women, abandoned a rental car that was found by police and probation officers, but it was revealed that the cutting tool for the electronic anklet and weapons inside were not discovered.

A Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency official stated on the 4th, "Although it is regrettable that thorough internal searches and other measures were not taken at the scene despite finding the vehicle, there were no circumstances at the time to suspect a violent crime," adding, "The focus was on securing the suspect’s custody or confirming his whereabouts."

On the morning of the 28th of last month at 9:12 a.m., the police received a report from a probation officer that "the suspect’s vehicle is moving toward Seoul Station," and found the vehicle abandoned by Kang near Seoul Station. The police forcibly opened the vehicle door but reportedly did not find the cutting tool or weapons inside. Kang, who fled leaving the vehicle behind, was investigated to have gotten off at Gimpo Airport Station on the subway. The next day, Kang committed a second crime.

The police believe Kang’s first crime occurred between 9:30 and 10:00 p.m. on the 26th, before damaging the electronic anklet, and the next crime happened around 3 a.m. on the 29th, the day he surrendered to the police after fleeing. The purchase of the cutting tool and weapons was identified to have been before the first crime. However, it has been confirmed that Kang did not kill the first victim with a weapon. The victims’ bodies were found at Kang’s house and in the victim’s vehicle respectively, and autopsy results suggested death by strangulation.

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