"Ddal-a eodini..." Stalking Murder Victim, Ultimately Unable to Read Mother's Message

'Not Telling Parents About Being Stalked and Threatened for a Year Out of Worry'

KakaoTalk messages exchanged between Ms. A, a woman in her 30s who was stalked and killed by her ex-boyfriend, and her family before her death. / Photo by SBS

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Joo-hee] The last KakaoTalk messages exchanged between a woman in her 30s, Ms. A, who was stalked by her ex-boyfriend for a year before being murdered, and her family have been revealed.

According to an SBS report on the 20th, Ms. A's family disclosed the KakaoTalk conversation they had with her on the morning of the 19th, the day of the incident. On that day, Ms. A's mother received a cash card by mail that Ms. A had sent to buy herbal medicine. Living apart from her family, Ms. A was a devoted daughter who even cared about her parents' health from afar.

In the KakaoTalk chat room, the mother said, "I received the card well. Mom and Dad will take the herbal medicine and stay healthy. Thank you," to which Ms. A replied, "Fighting. Please send me the receipt."

About three hours later, around 1 p.m., Ms. A's mother sent a message asking, "Where are you?" but she never received a reply from Ms. A again. By then, the incident had already occurred.

Ms. A's mother expressed her grief, saying, "Our home is finished. Does this make any sense? A happy family has been destroyed."

A man who killed a woman in her 30s, who was under police protection due to dating violence, and fled, was arrested by the police on the 20th. Photo by Yonhap News

According to Ms. A's friends, she had been stalked and threatened by her ex-boyfriend for about a year. Ms. A did not inform her parents about this but confided only in some friends.

Ms. A's friends reported that her ex-boyfriend not only strangled her but also entered her home wielding a knife to threaten her. He also took her phone and deleted threatening messages he had sent.

Ms. A's mother said, "I just learned a little while ago that she had been continuously threatened for over a year," adding, "She was being stalked because she was worried about Mom and Dad, but she didn't tell us and seemed to rely on a single smartwatch."

Ms. A was a victim of dating violence and was under personal protection, carrying a real-time location tracking smartwatch supported by the police. On the day of the incident, she made two emergency calls using the smartwatch. However, when the police arrived at her residence 12 minutes after the first report, it was already too late.

The police arrived in the Myeongdong area about 500 meters away from the incident location when Ms. A made the first emergency call. This was due to an error in the smartwatch's location display. After the second emergency call, when the police reached Ms. A's residence, she was already bleeding and collapsed. She was transported to the hospital while receiving CPR but passed away.

Meanwhile, the police arrested Ms. A's ex-boyfriend, Mr. B, at a lodging facility in Daegu around 12:40 p.m. on the 20th.

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