Prosecution Indicts Park Daesung for 'Random Killing'... Sought Additional Victims

Additional Crime Planning, Added Charge of Murder Preparation
Request for Installation Order of Location Tracking Device

'Suncheon Random Murderer' Park Daesung. [Photo by Yonhap News]

Park Daesung (30), who murdered a teenage high school girl he had never met before in Suncheon, Jeonnam, has been brought to trial.

According to Yonhap News on the 23rd, the Suncheon Branch of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office (Chief of Criminal Division 2, Kim Byungchul) arrested and indicted Park on charges of murder and attempted murder. Park Daesung is accused of fatally stabbing A (18) at 12:44 a.m. on the 26th of last month in the downtown area of Jorye-dong, Suncheon City, Jeonnam.

The prosecution confirmed that after the crime, Park Daesung carried the weapon and wandered around bars and karaoke rooms for about an hour, searching for additional victims, and thus applied charges of attempted murder as well. Furthermore, considering the high risk of reoffending, they also requested an order to attach an electronic location tracking device.

Park Daesung has not clearly stated his motive for the crime, as he did during earlier police investigations, but the prosecution believes that Park, burdened by economic hardship, family conflicts, and feelings of alienation, killed a stranger to vent his personal frustrations.

In particular, they secured a photo of the weapon taken just before the incident and focused on proving the process by which Park Daesung decided to commit the crime. Through investigations into Park’s school records, military service, interviews with acquaintances, and restoration of his mobile phone usage history, they also confirmed his usual violent tendencies.

The prosecution stated that the dedicated investigation team for Park Daesung will handle the trial to ensure that a severe sentence commensurate with the crime is imposed. They plan to support the victim’s bereaved family with psychological counseling, funeral expenses, and living costs, and guarantee their right to participate in the trial proceedings.

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