According to police, Jung Yoo-jung, 23, who brutally stabbed and dismembered the female victim, scored high on a psychopathy test and said, “I wanted to kill people after watching TV shows and books that made me obsessed with murder.” I was driven by a desire to do so.”
A 23-year-old woman obsessed with the true crime of killing her tutor in South Korea “out of curiosity” has been sentenced to life in prison.
by BBC and korea timesJung Yoo-jung was sentenced by a judge at the Busan District Court on Friday.
As reported by South Korean news outlets, in late May, Chung was arrested on suspicion of murdering a female tutor he met online. Chosun Ilbo. Police said she later confessed to killing and dismembering the woman “out of her curiosity,” the paper said.
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A Busan police spokesperson said at the time, “It has been determined that Jeong became obsessed with murder through TV programs and books, and planned the crime out of a desire to kill people.”
According to Chosun Ilbo, authorities said that Chung contacted the victim through a tutoring app two days before the murder, posing as the mother of a third-year middle school student who wanted to learn English.by ExitChong contacted more than 50 people through the app, mostly women who live alone and work as private tutors at home.
The Chosun Ilbo reported that when Jeong visited the victim’s home, he wore a school uniform and pretended to be a student. Police said the 23-year-old suspect was “short and wearing a uniform, so he was not able to attack the victim.” probably mistook her for a middle school student.” -I’m an elementary school student. ” The victim stabbed Ms Chong after he let her into her home, and the BBC reported that the victim stabbed the woman more than 100 times.
After the killing, Chung went to a nearby grocery store and bought trash bags and bleach, authorities said. She then allegedly dismembered the woman and put her body parts in a suitcase and dumped them near a river north of Busan.
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According to the BBC, Chong was arrested after the taxi driver who took him to the place where he had disposed of the remains called the police. According to Chosun Ilbo, the victim’s remains, which were not found in the suitcase, were found at Chung’s home. According to the BBC, authorities also found that Ms. Jung’s browsing history revealed that she had been researching her murder and how to dispose of her body in the months before her murder. .
After his arrest, Chong was charged with premeditated murder, destruction of a corpse, and abandonment.
According to the BBC, police said Jung received high scores on a psychopathology test. According to the Korea Times, Chung claimed that she committed the crime while in a state of “mental and physical disability,” but the court rejected her claim.
“The crime was carefully planned and carried out, and the defendant’s statements have changed frequently. Therefore, it is difficult to accept her contention that she is mentally and physically disabled,” the court said, according to the paper. Ta.
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According to the BBC, the Busan District Court judge also said the tutor’s murder “spread fear in society that she could be victimized without cause” and “fueled general distrust.”
According to reports, prosecutors had asked for the death penalty.
Chong will receive a life sentence and must wear an electronic monitoring device for 30 years.
Basan police have not revealed the identity of the victim, but the BBC reported that she was 26 years old.
