Body with dumbbells tied... 100,000 won and a 'Please clean' note on the desk in the gosiwon

Dumbbell Found Tied Up at Han River Estuary
60s Man Living Alone in Gosiwon

A man in his 60s, whose body was found in the Han River with a dumbbell tied to him, was discovered to have left a note asking for cleaning along with 100,000 won in cash in his goshiwon.

According to the Goyang Police Station in Gyeonggi on the 29th, the deceased man in his 60s, Mr. A, who was found dead near the dock close to Haengjunaru in Deogyang-gu, Goyang City around 1 p.m. the previous day, had been living alone in a goshiwon somewhere in Seoul. On the desk in Mr. A’s goshiwon room, a note asking for “please take good care of the cleaning” was found along with 100,000 won in cash.

It is presumed that this was a message Mr. A left directly for the goshiwon staff who would have to take care of his belongings after his passing. A calendar found in the room also contained a note stating, “My body hurts so much that I don’t want to live.”

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Mr. A, who had been living in a goshiwon room costing 200,000 won per month, was identified as a basic livelihood security recipient and had lived alone in the goshiwon for a considerable period without contact with family or relatives. It was confirmed that he had paid this month’s goshiwon fee as well. The police have secured Mr. A’s fingerprints to verify his identity and are searching for his family. However, it was reported that there were no contact numbers of anyone presumed to be family in Mr. A’s mobile phone.

When the police found the body, a dumbbell was tied to Mr. A’s arm, raising suspicions of homicide. However, no evidence suggesting homicide has been found on the body so far. The police and fire authorities who responded recovered the body and confirmed the identity. The National Forensic Service is scheduled to perform an autopsy on Mr. A’s body on the 30th.

The police are investigating the circumstances of death while keeping multiple possibilities open. A police official stated, “There are indications that the deceased had been struggling a lot recently due to a chronic illness, but we are conducting an investigation including requesting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death,” and added, “We are also doing our best to find the family so that the body can be handed over.”

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