Prosecutors Arrest Two Accomplices Who Provided Hideouts for Euihae Eun and Hyunsoo Jo in 'Valley Murder' Case

Application of Murder Charges for Inaction by Lee Eunhae and Jo Hyunsu
Two Accomplices Also Arrested

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] Two accomplices who provided a hideout for Lee Eunhae (31) and Jo Hyunsoo (30), who were arrested in connection with the "Valley Murder" case, have been apprehended by the prosecution.

The Criminal Division 2 of Incheon District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Changsoo) announced on the 29th that acquaintances A (32) and B (31) of Lee and others were arrested on charges of aiding fugitives.

The prosecution is also investigating two other accomplices under the same charges.

A and others are suspected of assisting Lee and Jo, who disappeared while under investigation by the prosecution on charges including murder in December last year, while they were out on bail.

It was investigated that A planned the escape together with Lee and others at his home on December 13 last year, when they were being questioned by the prosecution. He provided money to secure a hideout for four months and instructed B to rent an officetel near Samsong Station in Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province, where they were hidden.

The prosecution has identified a total of four accomplices aiding the escape so far. Two of them have been arrested, and the remaining two are under investigation.

Lee is accused of killing Yoon (aged 39 at the time of death) at around 8:24 p.m. on June 30, 2019, at Yongsogye Valley in Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province, along with her common-law partner Jo. They disappeared before their second prosecution investigation last December, were caught on the 16th after four months, and were detained three days later.

The prosecution applied the charge of so-called "murder by omission," believing that they deliberately did not rescue Yoon, despite being able to do so, in order to claim the 800 million won life insurance money taken out in Yoon's name.

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