'Naju Couple in Their 60s Murder' Suspect Park Yongsu's Identity Made Public

Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency Releases Suspect's Personal Information, Including Mugshot

The identity of a suspect who broke into a home in Naju, Jeonnam-Gwangju, tied up and killed a couple in their 60s whom he knew, stole money and valuables, and fled has been made public.

Personal information of suspect Park Yongsu, released by the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency.

At 10 a.m. on Oct. 14, the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency posted on its website the name, age and mugshot (a photograph for custody records) of Park Yongsu, 52, who has been detained on suspicion of robbery-murder.

The Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency’s Personal Information Disclosure Review Committee met the previous day and approved the disclosure after comprehensively reviewing the brutality of the crime, the serious harm caused, whether sufficient evidence had been secured, the public’s right to know, the prevention of repeat offenses and other public interests.

Naju Police Station, which was notified of the review results, respected the committee’s decision and proceeded with its implementation. If a suspect submits a written objection to a decision to disclose personal information, a grace period of at least five days must be provided. Park, however, raised no objection.

Accordingly, information about Park, who is unemployed, will be posted on the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency’s website for 30 days, through Nov. 13.

This is the second case in which a suspect’s identity has been made public under the jurisdiction of the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency since the Act on the Public Disclosure of Personal Information of Suspects in Serious Crimes took effect. The first case involved Park Daesung, 32, who stabbed to death a teenage high school girl he did not know in Suncheon in September 2024.

Park is suspected of breaking into a detached house in Wanggok-myeon, Naju, Jeonnam-Gwangju, sometime between 9:28 p.m. and 11:57 p.m. on Oct. 5 and killing a couple identified as Mr. B and his wife, both in their 60s.

Investigators believe Park tied the couple’s hands and feet with duct tape and clothing inside the house, then stabbed Mr. B to death and strangled his wife. The couple were found dead the following afternoon by police who had responded to a report that they could not be reached.

Immediately after the crime, Park stole the couple’s cash cards and fled. Investigators found that he withdrew about 6 million won from accounts at nearby financial institutions.

He also took elaborate steps to evade capture. Shortly before the crime, Park rode a bicycle into the village with his face covered. Afterward, he loaded the bicycle onto Mr. B’s one-ton truck, drove to the area around Juksanbo in Naju and discarded it there, then switched to his own car in an attempt to evade police pursuit.

After tracking him, police arrested Park at the entrance to an apartment complex in Muan County, South Jeolla Province, on the afternoon of Oct. 7. Police initially charged him with murder, but changed the charge to robbery-murder after establishing that he had withdrawn 6 million won and acted with intent. A court issued a warrant for his detention on Oct. 9.

Park is reportedly maintaining during police questioning that he went to collect money he had lent to the victim’s husband and that he impulsively wielded a weapon he found inside the house.

Based on evidence that Park surveyed the area around the scene several times before the crime, as well as the cash-card withdrawals and his escape route, police believe the crime was carefully planned and motivated by a desire to steal money and valuables.

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