Online game mogul Kim Taek-jin’s father-in-law was found dead in an apparent homicide Thursday morning near his home in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province.

The 68-year-old victim was discovered by police at around 7:17 a.m. in his garden next to the garage. Police found external wounds on his neck and suspect a murder, according to officer Kang Myong-ju at Yangpyeong Police Station who is heading the investigation.

“The wounds on the victim’s neck look like stab wounds, but we need an autopsy to know for sure,” Kang told The Korea Herald.

The victim’s wife first reported to police earlier that day that there was blood in the garage and her husband’s car was missing.

The victim’s car was found abandoned some 5 kilometers away from the house, police said in a press release. 

The deceased is the father-in-law of Kim, CEO of South Korea-based NCSoft, one of the biggest online game companies in the world. Kim, also known as TK Kim, remarried the victim’s daughter Yoon Song-yee in 2007, after a divorce in 2004. Yoon is now chief strategy officer of the company.

“Police are currently looking into the case, so we have nothing more to say until the investigation result comes out,” an official from the gaming company told The Korea Herald regarding the death of Yoon’s father.

By Bak Se-hwan (sh@heraldcorp.com)