Additional Crimes Revealed During Investigation of Group Attempting to Murder Woman for Death Insurance Payout

On the morning of the 12th, three high school classmates accused of attempted murder entered the courtroom at the Gwangju District Court in Dong-gu, Gwangju, for a warrant hearing. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] It has been additionally revealed that three suspects who attempted to murder a peer woman at a pension in Hwasun, Jeonnam, aiming for the death insurance payout, had planned multiple times to kill other people before the crime.

According to the Hwasun Police Station in Jeonnam on the 15th, the three suspects arrested on charges of attempted murder had planned on May to kill a man in his 20s, Mr. A, by pushing him off a cliff.

The target, Mr. A, was previously one of the accomplices involved in a traffic accident insurance fraud in Jeonnam with the suspects, and it was confirmed that the suspects planned the crime aiming for Mr. A’s death insurance payout.

To claim the insurance money, a woman in her 20s, Ms. K, participated in the crime and even registered a marriage with Mr. A; Ms. K was also investigated as an accomplice in the same insurance fraud.

However, Mr. A realized the suspects’ plan and went into hiding, avoiding harm. Consequently, the suspects sought their next target and chose their accomplice Ms. K.

They specifically planned to push Ms. K off a bridge located on a hiking trail in Hwasun, Jeonnam.

To this end, one of the suspects attempted to register a marriage with Ms. K, but just before the marriage registration, Ms. K learned of their criminal plan, preventing the crime from being carried out.

The police uncovered these additional crimes during the investigation of the suspects’ attempted murder charges.

The police arrested Ms. K on charges of conspiracy to murder Mr. A (preparation for murder) and applied for an arrest warrant, while investigating whether the suspects have other additional crimes.

Earlier, they were charged with attempted murder for trying to kill a peer woman with a weapon at a pension in Buk-myeon, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, around 11 p.m. on the 9th, but the attempt failed.

It was investigated that they meticulously planned the crime in advance, dividing roles such as boyfriend, murderer, and getaway driver, aiming for the death insurance payout.

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