Man in His 50s Arrested for Murdering Victim of Son's Sexual Crime

Mr. A, a man in his 50s, was urgently arrested by police (arrested on the spot by police) at around 1:40 a.m. on the 11th in a residential area of Seongbuk District, Seoul, on suspicion of murdering a teenage woman who was the victim of his son's sexual crime. Mr. A reportedly attempted to reach a settlement with the victim, Ms. B, over the sexual crime, and committed the murder when the settlement fell through.

Ms. B's whereabouts were reportedly revealed during the process of relocating her to a shelter for victims. Police said the crime scene was neither Ms. B's residence nor her shelter, but a place where she was staying temporarily.

Mr. A was heavily intoxicated at the time of his arrest. According to police, he has not yet sobered up, preventing a formal investigation from proceeding. Police plan to investigate the specific circumstances and motive of the crime once he sobers up. They also plan to determine Ms. B's exact cause of death through an autopsy.