A Korean True Crime Fan Murdered A Stranger "Out Of Curiosity"
The police said that Jung Yoo-jung watched true crime shows on TV and searched the Internet for tips on how to conceal a corpse before the crime.
By Melissa Alvina — 28 Nov 2023, 01:48 PM
Driven by a fascination with crime, true crime fans often immerse themselves in TV shows or delve into Internet rabbit holes to explore criminal cases.
However, a woman in South Korea took this curiosity to a chilling extreme by committing murder.
According to BBC News, Jung Yoo-jung was driven by a desire to kill someone after she became obsessed with TV programs and books on murder.
"Analysis of her mobile phone revealed that she searched the Internet three months before the crime for tips on how to conceal a corpse and [watching] true crime shows on TV," South Korean news source, The Chosun Ilbo, quoted the police as saying.
"She also borrowed crime books from a library," they added.
After meticulous planning, Jung used an online tutoring app to identify a victim in May this year
Pretending to be the mother of a high school student in need of tutoring, the 23-year-old signed up for an app that connects parents with private tutors, reported BBC News.
After contacting more than 50 people, Jung found a 26-year-old female tutor. She informed the tutor that her daughter would come to her home for a consultation.
On the day of the crime, Jung showed up at the tutor's house dressed in a school uniform. She then proceeded to stab the woman over 100 times, even after the victim was already dead.
Following that, Jung dismembered the woman's body and took a taxi to dump some of the remains in a remote parkland near a river in north Busan, Korea.
The perpetrator was arrested after the taxi driver informed police about a customer who had dumped a blood-soaked suitcase.
Jung, who confessed to the crime in June, pleaded for a lenient sentence, claiming that she had suffered hallucinations and other mental disorders
However, the court rejected her request by saying that the crime had been "carefully planned and carried out, and it is difficult to accept her claim of mental and physical disorder", reported BBC News.
On 24 November, Busan District Court sentenced her to life imprisonment as the killing had "spread fear in society that one can become a victim for no reason" and "incited a general distrust" among the community.
