A real crime fanatic in South Korea killed somebody she met on-line 'out of curiosity' to see what homicide could be like for actual, police say

• A 23-year-old South Korean girl was indicted for homicide on Friday.
• The lady was obsessive about true crime TV exhibits and books, in line with authorities.
• Police stated the killing was carried out “out of curiosity” to see what homicide could be like for actual.

A 23-year-old true crime fanatic was arrested within the South Korean metropolis of Busan on Wednesday in reference to the killing and dismembering of a lady, in line with legislation enforcement authorities.

Police stated they consider the killing was carried out “out of curiosity,” pushed by the suspect’s need to expertise what homicide was like firsthand, South Korea’s oldest newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reported.

The newspaper stated that Jung Yoo-jung confessed to the killing and was indicted for homicide on Friday.

Initially, Jung claimed to have killed the sufferer throughout an argument however later retracted the assertion when offered with contradictory proof by investigators, per The Chosun Ilbo.

A police spokesperson stated they think the homicide was premeditated and was pushed by Jung’s need to kill somebody for actual after she “turned obsessive about homicide from TV applications and books.”

An investigation of Jung’s cellphone revealed three months’ price of search historical past on the best way to disguise a corpse, in line with the newspaper.

The investigation additionally revealed that Jung had watched true crime TV exhibits and borrowed crime books from a library, The Chosun Ilbo reported.

Police stated Jung looked for a sufferer on-line, ultimately discovering one by way of an app that connects dad and mom with personal tutors, per the newspaper.

Two days earlier than the killing, Jung contacted the sufferer, posing because the mom of a ninth-grader, to rearrange a go to to the sufferer’s residence, the newspaper stated.

Police informed The Chosun Ilbo that on the day of the crime, Jung went to the house disguised as a pupil carrying a faculty uniform she had bought on-line. As soon as contained in the property, police allege that she fatally stabbed the sufferer, per the newspaper.

Police then say that Jung dismembered the physique, putting a number of the corpse in a suitcase that she dumped in a wooded space by a river, and leaving different components of the corpse in her own residence, the newspaper reported.

Jung saved the sufferer’s cellphone, ID card, and pockets in a bid to attempt to “commit an ideal crime,” the spokesperson stated, per The Chosun Ilbo.

Nevertheless, the taxi driver who took her to the wooded space alerted the police, the newspaper stated. Police then discovered blood-stained garments in her baggage.

“Jung was a loner and a recluse who has been unemployed since graduating from highschool 5 years in the past,” police stated, per the newspaper.

The police spokesperson informed The Chosun Ilbo that Jung stated she feels regret for what she did.