Lee Jihyun Indicted and Detained for Random Murder of Woman in Her 40s in Seocheon

Additional Charge of Attempted Murder Filed After Supplementary Investigation

Lee Jihyun (34), who murdered a woman in her 40s whom she had never met before in Seocheon, Chungnam, has been brought to trial.

The Criminal Division of the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office, Hongseong Branch (Chief Prosecutor Jung Wonsuk) announced on the 28th that Lee Jihyun, who was referred on charges of murder, has been indicted and detained with an additional charge of attempted murder.

The prosecution received the case from the police on the 11th and conducted supplementary investigations through workplace searches, forensic analysis, bank transaction reviews, and profiling.

During this process, while enhancing the quality of CCTV footage, it was discovered that Lee Jihyun had followed an unidentified woman just before murdering victim A, leading to the additional charge of attempted murder.

Previously, on the 2nd at around 9:30 p.m., Lee Jihyun is accused of wandering around Sagok-ri, Seocheon County, and fatally stabbing a woman in her 40s, referred to as A, multiple times with a weapon after encountering her on the road.

During the police investigation, she claimed, "I recently lost a large sum of money due to fraud and was under severe stress. Because the world wasn't helping me, I was struggling so much that I went out onto the street with a weapon, and as soon as I saw A, I killed her," insisting that the crime was impulsive.

However, the prosecution determined it was a premeditated crime, considering that Lee Jihyun had written notes such as "I'll kill them all" about a month before the incident, scouted the crime scene multiple times, and prepared the weapon in advance.

A prosecution official stated, "From the moment the incident occurred, we have cooperated with the Crime Victim Support Center to provide emergency support such as funeral expenses to the victim's family. We plan to ensure there are no shortcomings in the protection and support of the family and will do our best to maintain the prosecution so that the defendant receives a sentence appropriate to the crime."

Meanwhile, the Chungnam Provincial Police Agency decided on the 13th to disclose Lee Jihyun's personal information on its website until the 14th of next month, considering the seriousness of the crime.

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