1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about a serial murderer grow louder. A special task force is set up in the area, with two local detectives Park Doo-Man and Jo Young-Goo joined by a detective from Seoul who requested to be assigned to the case.
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A serial killer who raped and murdered at least ten women in South Korea about 30 years ago has finally been identified, but he can’t be prosecuted because the statute of limitations expired more than a decade ago, officials say. The notorious case inspired the 2003 film “Memories of Murder.” The man, whose name was […]