Prosecutors Arrest and Indict Father Killer in Myeonmok-dong... "Premeditated Murder"

A man in his 30s who killed his father and hid the body has been brought to trial.

The Criminal Division 2 of the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Lee Young-hwa) on the 20th formally charged Kim Mo (30) with parricide and corpse concealment, detaining him in custody.

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Kim is accused of stabbing his father (70) multiple times with a kitchen knife at their home in Myeonmok-dong, Jungnang-gu, Seoul on the 29th of last month, killing him, and hiding the body in the basement level 2 water tank of the apartment.

The prosecution judged that Kim had premeditated the crime based on factors including committing the act while his mother was away from home, purchasing blue tape in advance to cover the apartment's closed-circuit television (CCTV), and integrated psychological analysis results such as brain waves and behavior.

Immediately after the crime, Kim was urgently arrested in his apartment on the 5th floor by police who responded to a resident's report of bloodstains "appearing to have been dragged to the underground parking lot." A weapon presumed to have been used in the crime was found in Kim's room.

Kim initially denied the charges upon arrest but confessed to the crime after undergoing a pretrial detention hearing (warrant review) on the 30th of last month, the second day of investigation.

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