They chased down and arrested the perpetrators who staged a self-performance after killing the victim.

In the 42nd episode of the T-Cast E Channel program "Brave Detectives 4," which aired on Nov. 11, investigators from the Chungnam Asan Police Station's violent crime team, including Inspector Jeong Myeong-hoon, former Commissioner Yoon Wae-chul from the scientific investigation department (KCSI), and Senior Inspector Kim Jin-soo, unfolded a case log.

The first case began with a report from a younger brother who went to look for his older brother, who had not been answering his phone. The victim, discovered next to the bathroom, was a mid-50s basic livelihood recipient who had lived relying on an electric wheelchair and a cane due to a lower limb paralysis disability. Based on bloodstains left in the living room and on the wall, it appeared that the victim was attacked in the living room and fled towards the bathroom. Blood was also confirmed on a wrench found on top of the shoe cabinet. The autopsy revealed nine blunt force trauma marks on the face and head, and the cause of death was estimated to be asphyxiation due to neck compression, with the time of death projected to be a month prior.

The investigation team focused on the missing victim's mobile phone, confirming that he had sent a text message to a frequent contact, Jang Min-soo (pseudonym), stating "someone knocked on the front door" and requesting money. Meanwhile, Jang Min-soo's age was revealed to be twenty, raising suspicions. The victim's financial transaction inquiries showed that amounts of 930,000 won and 200,000 won had been transferred to Jang Min-soo after the estimated time of death. An analysis of the text messages indicated that Jang Min-soo was pretending to be the victim while texting himself and the victim's ex-wife. The CCTV captured Jang Min-soo entering the victim's house on the presumed day of the crime and leaving two hours later with a bulging stomach, raising questions about what he might have hidden.

Jang Min-soo claimed that the victim owed him money and that they had fought during that process. He said he met the victim while working part-time at a mobile phone store and had gotten close afterward, but he committed fraud using the victim's mobile phone to buy gift certificates or make small payments. He also took the victim's tablet PC to get certified and transferred money to his account. Initially denying any wrongdoing by saying he "didn't know the person was dead," he ultimately admitted, "It seems I did kill him." During the trial, Jang Min-soo submitted a video as evidence showing the victim supposedly saying, "I received the money," which sparked outrage. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

The second case introduced by KCSI began when a man in his mid-30s rushed into a police box wrapping a towel around his left hand, reporting, "Robbers have kidnapped a young woman." He was a taxi driver and reported that while driving a female passenger in her 20s, two young men jumped into the car and threatened him and the passenger with knives when the car stopped. Taking the opportunity to escape, he was severely injured to the point that his finger ligaments tore, and he shared the tense situation through an interview.

The taxi driver claimed that there was a black sedan behind him and that it seemed to have taken away the woman. When the investigation team examined the interior of the taxi, a large amount of blood was found in the passenger seat where the woman had been sitting. The destination of the passenger confirmed that the victim was a 23-year-old woman working at a nearby parts factory. The victim's mobile phone was found in a river not far from the abduction site, and subsequently, a body was discovered floating face down in the water. Her underwear was rolled up to her chest, and the autopsy revealed as many as 16 lacerations and stab wounds, with a fatal injury that pierced her heart, adding to the shock.

Investigators began to shift the direction of the investigation, noting the lack of blood at the scene where the kidnapping took place. If the woman had been moved in a sedan, there should have been blood on the road, but none was found. In contrast, the area around the river where the body was found showed signs of having moved the body. Additionally, the victim's credit card, cash, and wallet were discovered inside the taxi. The car was splattered with muddy water, and dirt was found on the footrests. Soil analysis revealed that the dirt found on the taxi matched the soil at the body disposal site. All evidence pointed to the taxi driver as the perpetrator. When he appeared again in front of the cameras, he gave an absurd excuse that the victim had ignored him when he advised her to buckle her seatbelt, but as a personal taxi driver, he had debts amounting to 150 million won due to gambling and other issues. He was revealed to have threatened the victim to obtain her credit card password and killed her after she tried to escape, staging the scene as a play. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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