40s Man Arrested for Killing 20s Woman Neighbor in Gosiwon

A man in his 40s who killed a woman in her 20s living in the same goshiwon was arrested.

On the 8th, Jeongwon, the chief judge in charge of warrants at the Seoul Southern District Court, held a pre-arrest detention hearing (warrant review) for the man, Mr. A, who is suspected of murder, and issued an arrest warrant, stating there was "a risk of flight."

Earlier, the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul urgently arrested Mr. A on the 5th on suspicion of murder and applied for an arrest warrant at the court.

According to the police, Mr. A is suspected of killing the female victim who was staying in another room at a goshiwon in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, around 10 p.m. on the 4th.

Mr. A surrendered himself at a nearby police station the day after the crime. Investigations revealed that Mr. A was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the crime.

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