Urgent Arrest of a Man in His 50s Who Killed a Neighbor and Fled

On the 19th, the Haenam Police Station in Jeollanam-do announced on the 20th that they had urgently arrested and were investigating a man in his 50s, Mr. A, on charges of murder and corpse concealment for killing a neighbor and hiding the body in the cargo compartment of a truck.

Mr. A is suspected of killing a man in his 40s, Mr. B, whose body was found in the cargo compartment of a truck parked in a vacant lot in Sanim-myeon, Haenam-gun, at around 7:35 PM on the 17th.

The police began investigating the case as a missing person report on the morning of the 17th after Mr. B’s family reported that he had not returned home for several days and was unreachable. They found Mr. B’s truck about 2 km from his residence in a vacant lot and discovered the body covered with black plastic in the cargo bed.

By tracing Mr. B’s movements shortly before his disappearance and based on eyewitness accounts that Mr. A and Mr. B had drunk and fought on the 14th, the police identified Mr. A as a suspect.

Having secured evidence to prove the murder charge, the police arrested Mr. A, who had fled to Daejeon.

Both Mr. A and Mr. B, who lived in the same village, were known to be engaged in rural labor brokerage and agriculture, respectively.

The police plan to apply for an arrest warrant for Mr. A after accurately determining the motive and details of the incident.

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