Two Accomplices of 'Valley Murder' Suspect Detained on Fears of Escape and Evidence Tampering

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Two accomplices who provided a hideout for Lee Eun-hae (31) and Jo Hyun-soo (30), suspects in the "valley murder" case, during their time on the run have been detained by the prosecution.

The Criminal Division 2 of Incheon District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Chang-soo) recently arrested Mr. A and Mr. B on charges of aiding fugitives and detained them on the 30th. Judge Woo Je-cheon of the Incheon District Court conducted a pre-arrest detention hearing (warrant review) that afternoon and issued detention warrants, citing concerns that they might flee or destroy evidence.

Mr. A and others are suspected of assisting Lee and Jo, who disappeared while under investigation for murder and other charges in December last year without being detained. Investigations revealed that Mr. A planned the escape with them at his home on December 13, 2023, the day Lee and Jo were questioned by the prosecution. He provided them with money to secure a hideout for four months and, through Mr. B, rented an officetel near Samsong Station in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province, where they were concealed.

The prosecution is also investigating two other accomplices who helped Lee and Jo during their time on the run.

Lee is accused, along with Jo, of murdering Yoon (aged 39 at the time of death) on June 30, 2019, at 8:24 p.m. in Yongsogye Valley, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province. A friend of Jo (30), who was playing in the valley with the victim before the death, is also under prosecution investigation for murder and related charges.

Lee and Jo disappeared before their second prosecution interrogation on December 14 last year and were apprehended by police on the 16th after four months at an officetel near Samsong Station in Goyang-si.

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