Medical student presumed dead found in Iksan after heavy rain disappearance

Police Identified After Recovery During Search Operation
Found 2.7km Away from Missing Location

A body presumed to be that of a man in his 20s, a university student who went missing after coming to Iksan, Jeonbuk for an MT (Membership Training), has been found.

Police officers from the Jeonbuk Provincial Police Agency are searching for a university student who went missing due to heavy rain while attending a club MT in the Geumma-myeon area of Iksan-si, Jeonbuk, on the morning of the 12th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

On the 12th, the police reported that around 11 a.m., a body presumed to be that of university student A (22) was discovered near Iksancheon. The location where the body was found is about 2.7 km away from where A went missing. The police are verifying the identity of the body but stated that it is still difficult to confirm the identity precisely. The body was found and recovered by a firefighter from the special rescue team during search operations.

The police and fire department deployed 125 personnel (76 police officers and 49 firefighters) along with 24 pieces of equipment including drones and search dogs starting from 9 a.m. for the search. The search area was expanded from near Iksancheon, where A’s sneakers were found the previous day, to Mangyeong River.

Earlier, A, a medical student from the province, had come to a pension in Geumma-myeon, Iksan-si for MT and was drinking when he said, "I’ll just go to the convenience store for a moment," and went outside. After that, contact was lost. It was confirmed that his cellphone was turned off about three hours after he left the pension, near Geumma Intersection. At that time, heavy rain of 60 to 80 mm per hour was falling in Geumma-myeon, Iksan. Water was overflowing in the drainage channels near the pension.

At around 10:56 a.m. on the 10th, students who had been drinking and then woke up reported, "We came to Iksan for a trip, but one person is missing," and "He went out after drinking, but his phone is off." Upon receiving the report, the police and fire authorities launched a large-scale search operation but failed to find A.

A is a freshman who entered a medical school in Jeonbuk this year and is known to have attended a university choir club MT starting from the 9th. It was confirmed that 24 students were together at the pension at that time.

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