30s Man Arrested for 'Geumcheon Lover Murder'...Court Cites "Flight Risk"

Kim Mo (33), who is accused of killing his partner in an underground parking lot after being reported for dating violence, was arrested on the 28th.

Kim Mo, who was detained on charges of killing his partner shortly after being investigated by the police for dating violence, is leaving Geumcheon Police Station to attend a warrant hearing at the Southern District Court on the 28th. / Photo by Yonhap News

Judge Lee So-jin of the Seoul Southern District Court issued an arrest warrant after conducting a pre-arrest detention hearing for Kim in the afternoon, stating that "there is a risk of flight."

According to the police, Kim is accused of killing his partner, a woman identified as A (47), with a weapon he had prepared in advance at an underground parking lot of a commercial building in Siheung-dong, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, at around 7:17 a.m. on the 26th. Earlier that day, at 5:37 a.m., Kim was investigated for assault following a report by A, and after returning home at 6:11 a.m., he went to find A and committed the crime.

Kim fled immediately after the crime but was caught by the police at around 3:25 p.m., about eight hours later, in an empty lot in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. At that time, A’s body was found in the back seat of the vehicle.

During the police investigation, Kim admitted to all charges, stating that he committed the crime out of anger because A reported him. The police applied the charge of retaliatory murder under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes and requested an arrest warrant.

At around 2 p.m. on the same day, Kim left the Geumcheon Police Station saying, "I am truly sorry. I will live repenting for the rest of my life." When asked if he had planned the crime in advance, he replied, "I did not want to do that."

A police official stated, "Since Kim’s detention period expires on Sunday, the 4th of next month, he is scheduled to be transferred on the 2nd."

The police also plan to conduct an autopsy on A’s body on the 30th to determine the exact cause and time of death.

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