Police: "Shillim Sexual Assault Murder Suspect Choi Yoon-jong Is Not a Psychopath"

As a result of conducting a psychopathy diagnostic test (PCL-R) on Choi Yoon-jong (30), the suspect in the mountain trail sexual assault and murder case, it was found that he is not classified as a psychopath.

Choi Yoon-jong, accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a woman on a hiking trail in Sillim-dong, is being transferred to the prosecution at the Seoul Gwanak Police Station on the 25th. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on the 1st, the police deployed a profiler to conduct a psychopathy diagnostic test on Choi Yoon-jong, who is charged with rape and murder under the Sexual Violence Punishment Act, and confirmed that he did not meet the criteria for classification as a psychopath. The test consists of 20 questions with a total score of 40 points. In South Korea, a score exceeding 25 points is generally classified as psychopathic.

Choi Yoon-jong is accused of sexually assaulting, assaulting, and murdering the victim on the mountain trail connecting Gwanaksan Ecological Park in Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, on the 17th of last month. The prosecution took over the case on the 25th of last month and is conducting supplementary investigations.

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