The Full Story of the 'Thigh Stabbing with a Stone' Death Incident... There Was a Third Party Involved in 'Gaslighting'

Psychological Domination and Extortion of Money from Two People through False Debt
Mutual Assault Orders... Frequent Visits and Direct Assaults Also Occur

Two men in their 30s repeatedly hit each other with stones while living together in a car, attacking the other when they fell asleep, which eventually led to one man's death in the so-called 'Drowsy Rest Area Death Incident.' It has now been revealed that there was a mastermind behind these instructions.

On the 28th, the Yeosu Police Station in Jeollanam-do announced that they had arrested and sent A (31) to prosecution on charges including murder and aggravated confinement causing injury. A is accused of extorting large sums of money from B (31) and C (30), whom he had known for several years, under the pretense of various false debts worth hundreds of millions of won, emotionally abusing them, and causing B and C to assault each other, resulting in serious injuries or death.

A created debts worth hundreds of millions of won by exploiting personal issues such as civil lawsuits that acquaintances B and C were worried about, using the pretext of providing legal information. Subsequently, A repeatedly lied that there was a debt to be repaid through threatening language and violence, making B and C blindly trust him, according to the investigation.

It was also revealed that since June, A psychologically dominated and made B and C dependent on him through gaslighting (psychological control by a third party).

Later, A instructed B and C to live together in a vehicle and assault each other to extort more money.

Excessive Thigh Hemorrhage and Sepsis... Forced to Assault Each Other and Additional Blunt Force Assaults

Earlier, at around 11:40 p.m. on the 29th of last month, B was found dead in the passenger seat of an SUV parked at a drowsy rest area on a car-only road in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do. The autopsy revealed the cause of death as sepsis and excessive hemorrhage from thigh wounds.

It was initially reported that B and C, who had known each other for a long time through online games, were involved in a dispute over debts related to game money and had been living together in the SUV for about a month, arguing with each other, determined to "settle the matter."

During this time, they agreed to a game where if one fell asleep, the other would hit them to wake them up or strike them with a blunt object. At first, they slapped or punched each other's faces, but when they could no longer resist drowsiness and fell asleep, they hit each other's thighs with stones.

After two weeks of this game, B died from excessive hemorrhage and sepsis caused by the thigh wounds. C was transported to the hospital in an unconscious state.

In police questioning, C stated, "To end the debt relationship, we agreed three days ago to punish each other by hitting if one fell asleep," but the police judged this statement to be unreliable based on signs of skin necrosis found on both the deceased B and C.

Police investigations revealed that during the period of their game, A occasionally visited the vehicle and assaulted them with blunt objects such as rebar, worsening the excessive hemorrhage and sepsis, which led to the fatality.

Accordingly, the police secured vehicle black box footage, nearby CCTV recordings, and call logs to uncover the full extent of A's crimes.

The police decided not to prosecute C, who was involved in B's death under A's emotional control, considering C also a victim.

They are also investigating whether A has committed similar crimes against other victims using the same methods.

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