Yoon Jeong-woo, who faces charges of retaliatory murder. /Courtesy of Daegu Police Agency.

The personal information of a man in his 40s, who fled after murdering a woman he had been stalking, was revealed after he was arrested four days later.

The Daegu Police Chief disclosed the personal information of Yoon Jeong-woo (48) on the 19th, who is accused of retaliatory murder. The police held a personal information disclosure review committee that day and determined that the brutality of the crime and the seriousness of the victim warranted the release of personal information for the public's interest, such as crime prevention, given the sufficient evidence of the crime.

Yoon Jeong-woo did not contest this decision. His personal information will be publicly accessible on the Daegu Police Chief's website for 30 days.

Yoon Jeong-woo is accused of entering the home of his ex-partner A around 3:30 a.m. on the 10th by climbing the gas pipes on the outer wall of an apartment in Daegu's Dalseo District and attacking her with a weapon, resulting in her death. He then fled to a mountainous area in Bugang-myeon, Sejong City. He was apprehended in front of a container warehouse on the roadside in Jochiwon-eup, Sejong City, around 10:45 p.m. on the 14th.

Previously, Yoon Jeong-woo was also accused of threatening the victim with a weapon in April (violating the Stalking Crimes Punishment Act). At that time, the police applied for an arrest warrant, but the court denied it. The police took safety measures, including installing intelligent closed-circuit television (CCTV) in front of the victim's home.

The police initially charged Yoon Jeong-woo with murder, but later decided to change the charge to retaliatory murder due to the recognition of the retaliatory nature of the stalking incident that occurred in April, applying the law regarding aggravated punishment for specific crimes.

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