Focused Search on 'Murder Without a Corpse' by Jeong Yu-jeong, Final Goal is 'Identity Washing'

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Jeong Yoo-jung (23), who killed a peer woman she met through an online tutoring app and then disposed of the body, may have targeted the victim's identity in the crime, according to expert analysis. On the 17th, SBS's 'Unanswered Questions' focused on the murderer Jeong Yoo-jung and reported this information.

The reporters revealed several clues indicating that Jeong Yoo-jung did not commit the crime impulsively but planned it over a long period. Three months before the crime, Jeong Yoo-jung intensively searched for "murder without a body," and three days before the crime, she cut her long hair into a bob and bought a used school uniform to disguise herself as a middle school student.

The crime target was found through the tutoring app, and she approached multiple people besides the victim. Two tutors who received tutoring inquiries from Jeong Yoo-jung both said they were asked common questions such as "Do you live alone?" and "Is it possible to have tutoring at the teacher's house?"

Jeong Yujeong (23), who is accused of murdering a peer woman and disposing of the body, is being transferred from Busan Dongnae Police Station to the prosecution on the morning of the 2nd.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

The broadcast also revealed an interview with a whistleblower who was Jeong Yoo-jung's employment interviewer when she was a high school senior in 2017. The interviewer clearly remembered that Jeong Yoo-jung applied for a golf course caddy job, falsely claiming she was preparing for employment after passing the GED. During the interview, Jeong Yoo-jung kept her head down and did not properly answer questions, resulting in failure. However, she persistently sent resumes and made phone calls two to three more times, vented her frustration, and even posted on the company's online bulletin board asking why she was rejected.

Regarding this, a psychiatrist analyzed that "Jeong Yoo-jung seemed to want to change her environment." Applying for a golf course caddy job with dormitory life and showing obsessive behavior was seen as her desire to escape the house where she lived alone with her grandfather after her parents' divorce.

Furthermore, the broadcast investigated the possibility that Jeong Yoo-jung committed the crime aiming to "steal an identity." Right after the crime, Jeong Yoo-jung made an absurd lie, saying, "When I arrived at the victim's house, someone was already committing the crime. That person told me to live as the victim and asked me to hide the body." A psychological expert explained, "Even in the false statement, we can see Jeong Yoo-jung's desire," adding, "The promise to let her live as the victim in exchange for disposing of the body means that the victim's identity represented compensation to Jeong Yoo-jung."

Experts also paid attention to Jeong Yoo-jung's statement during police investigation that she repeatedly watched the movie 'Helpless.' 'Helpless' depicts a man searching for his suddenly disappeared fianc?e and discovering the shocking truth that his fianc?e was impersonating another woman’s identity. Experts believed that Jeong Yoo-jung wearing the victim's clothes and leaving the house after the crime also reflected her desire to wash her identity.

Meanwhile, in the broadcast, mental health specialists and psychology professors suggested the possibility that Jeong Yoo-jung might have autistic tendencies or Asperger's syndrome (high-functioning autism). They based this opinion on Jeong Yoo-jung's disregard for others' gazes, unique speech and gait, and lower social skills in face-to-face interactions compared to written communication.

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