Arrest warrants sought for two men accused of dumping a body
Deceased identified; time and cause of death remain undetermined

Police have sought arrest warrants for two men accused of dumping a mummified body in a pile of trash near a residential area in Guro-gu, Seoul.


Seoul Guro Police Station said on October 28 that it had sought arrest warrants for A, in his 60s, and B, in his 80s, on charges of abandoning a body and aiding and abetting the abandonment of a body. They are accused of dumping the body in a pile of trash in a residential area in Guro-gu on October 22.


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After discovering the body on October 27 following a report from a sanitation worker, police tracked down the suspects and urgently arrested A and others. B was identified as the landlord of a multi-family house in the area.


Police have identified the deceased, but have yet to determine the exact cause of death.



The National Forensic Service performed an autopsy on the body on October 28, but gave a verbal opinion that the cause and time of death would be difficult to determine because of the state of decomposition. Police are investigating the deceased's movements before death and the circumstances surrounding the death.


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