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| A 31-year-old suspect enters the Goyang branch of the Uijeongbu District Court to attend a hearing to determine whether he should be arrested for allegedly murdering a taxi driver involved in a car crash and an ex-girlfriend, Dec. 28. Yonhap |
Police on Thursday disclosed the identity of the suspect in the murders of a taxi driver and a woman as a 31-year-old man named Lee Ki-young.
The Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency released the personal information along with a photo of Lee's face following a meeting of its identity disclosure review board.
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| This photo of 31-year-old Lee Ki-young, the suspect in the murders of a cab driver and a woman, is provided by the Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency, Dec. 29. Yonhap |
Lee is under suspicion of having killed the driver in his 60s on Dec. 20 and hid the victim's body in a closet after luring him into his house on the pretext of paying compensation money for a collision he caused under the influence of alcohol.
During police questioning, the suspect additionally confessed to having killed his former girlfriend in her 50s in August and abandoned her body in a riverside in Paju.
Police disclose the identities of suspects in heinous crimes for public interest and prevention of further crimes by the suspects. (Yonhap)
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