Woman approached and killed another woman of same age using tutoring app ... 'more serious than other indiscriminate crimes' = Korea

Experts analyzed the “Jeong Yoo-jung case,” in which a woman killed a women she approached through a tutoring app "more serious than previous indiscriminate murders." The police sent Jeong Yoo-jung (23) to the prosecution on suspicion of murder and other charges this morning.

Experts analysed the murder case as showing a different aspect from previous indiscriminate crimes. Professor Oh Yoon-seong of the Department of Police Administration at Soon Chun Hyang University said, "There are sometimes reasons for indiscriminate crimes, such as racial hatred, but the suspect Jeong stated that she wanted to 'kill people'" and added, "And the fact that she dreamt of a planned murder and a perfect crime, rather than an accidental murder, means that hse placed meaning on the murder itself," he analysed.

According to the Busan National Police Agency and Geumjeong Police Station on May 31st, Jeong, who was detained on suspicion of murder and other charges, said during the police investigation, I felt an impulse," and confessed to the crime, saying, "I wanted to try murdering." At first, she said, "I committed the crime by accident while quarreling with the victim," but she changed her statement.

However, there is also an analysis that she tried to steal the identity of the victim, who was popular as a tutor. In an interview with MBC yesterday, Professor Suzy Lee of the Department of Criminal Psychology at Gyeonggi University said, "It is suspected that the crime was committed in order to seize the victim's identity."

Adding, "It seems she tried to steal this woman's identity as a way to overcome her own handicap."

It was reported that Jeong had no connection with society, had a closed personality, and did not have a special job after graduating from high school.

In order to commit the crime, Jeong used a tutoring app to approach the victim by pretending to be a mother of a child in the third year of junior high school. After identifying the target of the crime, Jeong obtained a second-hand uniform and wore it to visit the victim. At the time, it was confirmed that the victim was alone at home and unprotected.

Experts believe Jeong is highly likely to be a psychopath. Psychopath means a tendency to be aggressive, violent, good at lying and having difficulty empathizing with other people's feelings. Professor Oh said, "She killed a victim she didn't know, destroyed and abandoned the body, and didn't get upset even after the murder."