Woman Who Was Murdered Called 112, but Police Could Not Track Her... Difficult to Trace Phone Location of 'Byeoljeong Tongsinsa'

Man Found Dead After Dispute with Man Met Through Chat App

Ulsan Nambu Police Station.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A woman in her 30s who made a 112 emergency call after arguing with a man she met through a chat app late at night was found dead.

The woman felt threatened and reported to the police, but her location could not be identified, and she was eventually found murdered.

According to Ulsan Nambu Police Station on the 2nd, at around 11:10 p.m. on the 1st, an urgent emergency call from a woman was received at the National Police Agency 112 Situation Room.

Voices of a man and woman arguing were heard through the receiver, followed by the woman’s scream, and then the call was disconnected.

The police could not obtain the caller’s name, address, or details, but recognizing the seriousness of the situation, they immediately began tracking the caller’s mobile phone location.

However, the caller’s phone number was registered with a “byeoljeong communication company” that does not have line facilities, making accurate location tracking impossible.

Phones registered with byeoljeong communication companies use leased network lines from the three major mobile carriers, so when police or fire departments receive a report from such a phone, they must go through the byeoljeong company and then the mobile carrier that lent the network, a complicated process.

The process of receiving a response also has to be done in reverse, taking a lot of time. During off-hours such as evenings, late nights, or holidays, this process is even more difficult.

The police failed to identify the caller’s exact location and searched the area around the nearest base station but came up empty.

About two hours after the emergency call was received, around 1 a.m., a man came to a police box in Nam-gu, Ulsan, and confessed to killing the woman. The suspect was taken into custody, and police rushed to the crime scene, but the woman was already dead.

The police have urgently arrested the man and are investigating the detailed circumstances of the crime.

The man met the woman through a chat app, and after arguing over money at the woman’s house, the woman felt threatened and made the emergency call, after which he killed her.

The police plan to apply for an arrest warrant for the man on charges of murder.

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