Woman in Her 50s Found Dead 28 Days After Going Missing on Bukhansan Mountain

Body Found at the Base of Nojeokbong Peak on Bukhansan Mountain
Last Seen Near Yongammun Gate on April 17

A woman in her 50s who went missing after hiking Mount Bukhan last month was found dead 28 days after being reported missing.

According to Yonhap News Agency on May 16, police and firefighters discovered the woman's body on the afternoon of the previous day at the base of Nojeokbong Peak on Mount Bukhan. Police confirmed the identity of the deceased as 52-year-old Kim.

Photo of Kim Mo (52) the day before his disappearance. Photo by Yonhap News

Earlier, the Songpa Police Station in Seoul received a report from Kim's husband at around 11:28 a.m. on the 17th of last month, stating, "I think my wife has gone missing," and had been searching for her whereabouts. On the day Kim went missing, her husband received a call from her workplace around 9 a.m., saying "Kim did not come to work." He then searched the area around their home with their son before immediately reporting her missing to the police.

Yonhap News Agency

Police tracked closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and confirmed that Kim left her house that day on a bicycle, parked it near Gangbyeon Station in Gwangjin District, Seoul, and then continued on foot. Kim subsequently took the subway to the area near Mount Bukhan in Gangbuk District, Seoul. She was last seen around noon heading up from Doseonsa Temple to Yongammun Gate in Gangbuk District, but her whereabouts afterwards remained unknown.

The police plan to hand over the body to the bereaved family and investigate the exact cause of death.

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