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Suspect of three murders escapes to New Zealand

By Bak Se-hwan

Published : Oct. 26, 2017 - 14:18

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Police are hunting for a man suspected of killing his mother, step-father and 14-year-old half brother. The 35-year-old suspect is believed to have taken a flight to New Zealand shortly after the murders, Yongin Dongbu Police said.

According to investigators, the suspect was last spotted on CCTV footage entering the victims’ apartment on Oct. 21 at around noon, before leaving at around 5 p.m.

The footage showed that the victims arrived home at around 2 p.m., and did not leave until their bodies were discovered by the 55-year-old mother’s sister Wednesday at around 11 p.m., with multiple stab wounds to their upper chests.

A kitchen knife was found next to the victims, which is thought to have been used in the stabbing, police confirmed.
 

(Yonhap) (Yonhap)

Yongin police confirmed Thursday afternoon that the suspect’s stepfather -- the husband and father of the victims -- was murdered as well. The suspect’s stepfather, 57, was found dead on Thursday at 4:05 p.m., in the trunk of a rented vehicle in a condominium parking lot in Gangwon Province.

The vehicle was rented by the suspect, and was found with a GPS tracker mounted in the car, police confirmed.

“The suspect was found to have left for New Zealand on Monday afternoon, two days after the alleged murders. We will request for Interpol’s assistance for his extradition,” Yongin Dongbu Police Station detective Shin Dong-hyoun told The Korea Herald.

Shin declined to give further details on when the request would be made.

The two countries have an extradition treaty that was signed in 2001.

By Bak Se-hwan (sh@heraldcorp.com)

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