District Office Official Found Dead in Office...Cause of Death Identified as "Aortic Dissection"

Called 119 Himself but Discovered the Next Day
Fire and Police Withdrew 15 Minutes After Arriving
"Assumed No One Inside Because the Door Was Locked"

The initial autopsy results have revealed that the cause of death of a public official in their 30s from a district office in Daegu, who was found dead in their office, was "aortic dissection."

According to Yonhap News on March 16, the National Forensic Service, which conducted the autopsy on the deceased public official, Mr. A, announced this as its preliminary finding. Aortic dissection is a severe emergency condition caused by a tear in the inner layer of the aorta. The detailed autopsy results for Mr. A are expected to be released in several weeks.

Mr. A was discovered dead at around 6:45 a.m. on March 13 in an office on the 4th floor of the annex to Suseong District Office in Beomeo-dong, Suseong-gu, Daegu. He was found by a janitor who was cleaning, and a hamburger, presumed to have been eaten by Mr. A, was left at the scene.

According to the Daegu Fire Department and Suseong District Office, Mr. A called 119 himself from his office at 11:35 p.m. on March 12, the day before he was found, while working overtime. However, it is reported that he was unable to properly communicate with the 119 control center at the Daegu Fire Department and only made vomiting sounds. In response, the fire department conducted GPS location tracking and requested joint response from the police before dispatching to the vicinity of the district office.

The fire and police began searching the scene at around 11:45 p.m., checking the area around the district office, but withdrew around midnight after 15 minutes because the entrance to the annex was locked. At the time, the main building's entrance was open. During this process, the fire and police personnel did not request staff in the district office's duty room to open the annex entrance, which led to criticism for an inadequate response.

A fire department official explained, "Based on the location tracking at the time of the report, the location was identified as being near the district office, so we could not be certain the caller was inside the district office, and since the door was locked, the firefighters on site judged there was likely no one inside. We did search the interiors of buildings nearby whose entrances were open." A police official stated, "Upon receiving the joint response request, we immediately went to the scene and searched together, and we are currently verifying the exact situation at the time."

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