Frozen Body Found in Paju Cafe Cold Storage... Police Arrest Cafe Owner in His 30s

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The body of a woman in her 60s was found frozen inside a cafe's cold storage in Paju, Gyeonggi Province.

The appearance of the cafe where the incident occurred on the 7th. A notice is posted stating that the cafe is closed due to internal circumstances. Yonhap News.

According to the police on September 7th, at around midnight on September 4th, the family of a woman in her 60s, referred to as Ms. A, filed a report with the police in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, stating that their mother had gone missing. An investigation was launched. Based on Ms. A's mobile phone location data, the police identified Mr. B, a man in his 30s and the cafe owner who was with the victim at the time of her disappearance, as a suspect. On the same day at 2:31 p.m., Mr. B was apprehended in a parking lot in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul.

Five minutes after Mr. B's arrest, Ms. A was found dead inside the cold storage at the cafe in Munsan-eup, Paju. The police applied for an arrest warrant for Mr. B on charges of murder, and the Goyang Branch of the Uijeongbu District Court issued the warrant on September 6th. Mr. B is currently under detention and being questioned.

It is reported that Ms. A first met Mr. B at the cafe on September 3rd. Mr. B, who also engages in the business of buying and selling gift certificates for cash, was found to have had a discussion with Ms. A regarding gift certificates.

The police discovered that Mr. B told Ms. A that "the gift certificates are in the storage" and took her into the cold storage. The cold storage is a container structure of about 30 square meters, elongated horizontally, and is located right next to the main cafe building. It was also confirmed that starting from September 3rd, Mr. B notified the staff not to come to work and closed the cafe.

Ms. A’s body was found frozen, indicating that it had been left in the cold storage for a considerable period. The police plan to conduct an autopsy to confirm additional details, including whether Mr. B killed Ms. A inside the cold storage and abandoned her, or whether he locked her inside while she was still alive and caused her death by doing so.

A police official stated, "An arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect, and we are currently investigating whether there were any accomplices and the motive for the crime," and added, "We cannot disclose further details as the investigation is ongoing."

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