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[김성재 변사사건 실화르포⑤] K murder suspect is arrested for veterinary hospital head information
“K asks to’talk to the police to buy Jolletil’”… Detection of magnesium sulfate sold together

Kim Seong-jae in mid-November 1995, just before the incident.  The police, who were buried in the accident at the time, completely revised the direction of the investigation after the head of Banpo Animal Hospital's decisive report.  Hankyoreh materials

Kim Seong-jae in mid-November 1995, just before the incident. The police, who were buried in the accident at the time, completely revised the direction of the investigation after the head of Banpo Animal Hospital’s decisive report. Hankyoreh materials

▶Appearance
K Kim Sung Jae’s girlfriend
ship○○ Banpo Animal Hospital Director
High ○○ K’s mother
Park○○ K’s lawyer
Heesun Jeong Noodles and Toxic Products Manager
Wonsik Ahn Seoul Western Office Prosecutor

“I have a report regarding the Kim Sung-jae case.” On the afternoon of Thursday, December 7, 1995, a man called the police and said: The informant was Bae ○○ (at the time, 32 years old), director of Banpo Animal Hospital. Director Bae’s report was shocking. He said that K, who usually went to the dog treatment car, came to his hospital and said, “The dog is suddenly suffering from dementia that can’t cover feces and urine, so I have to be euthanized.” (Powder and one bottle of diluent each) One set and 7g of magnesium sulfate and two syringes (for 3cc) were sold for 30,000 won in early November 1), so come to the police on December 1 to ask you not to notify the police. He said he asked. At this meeting, K was first asked if an autopsy would result in a zoletil component, Bae said. Director Bae, who was afraid of getting into trouble because he was Kim Seong-jae’s lover, did not take much of K’s request to him, said that he was surprised to see the news and newspaper reports that Joletil was found in Kim Seong-jae’s body and decided to report it. 2) Director Bae’s report that K bought Zoletil 50, an animal anesthetic from Sungjae’s body, at his veterinary hospital, and later visited him and asked the police not to inform the police, the strongest that made K a leading suspect in the Kim Sungjae murder case. That was the reason.

▶Serial order
① The night of fate ② The injection mark on the right arm ③ Who objected to the autopsy ④ Complaints and animal anesthetics
⑤ Reporter and magnesium sulfate

K acknowledges the facts of the report only after questioning
On December 1, when K asked Director Bae to hide the fact that he had bought an animal anesthetic, the results of an autopsy by the National Institute of Scientific Investigation (Guk Fruit Tree) at the time indicating that an animal anesthetic was detected in Kim Seong-jae’s body was still in the Western Police Station in Seoul. It was before notification. Therefore, it was a point in time that the general public could not know the contents of it. Upon receiving the report from Director Bae, Seok-chae Lee, chief criminal officer in the West, dispatched General Ingeun Yeo and the police to K’s home, Yeouido S Apartment, Seoul. The time when K was arrested at home was 6:25 pm. At the time of arrest, K stubbornly denied the contents of Director Bae’s report. The police, who searched their home but could not find evidence related to the crime, sent K to the criminal department and immediately proceeded to questioning with Director Bae. In questioning, K repeatedly denied that he had purchased zoletyl, magnesium sulfate, and syringes, but after four hours, eventually admitted that the information of Director Bae was correct. (3 That night, K was imprisoned in a detention center.

On December 8th, girlfriend K, who was urgently arrested for the murder of Kim Seong-jae the previous day at the criminal department in western Seoul, answers questions from reporters.  At the time, the reporter recalled that the calm and cooked appearance was impressive.  Reporter Yun Woon-sik, Hankyoreh

On December 8th, girlfriend K, who was urgently arrested for the murder of Kim Seong-jae the previous day at the criminal department in western Seoul, answers questions from reporters. At the time, the reporter recalled that the calm and cooked appearance was impressive. Reporter Yun Woon-sik, Hankyoreh

On December 8, the day after K was arrested, the police announced that they had urgently arrested Kim Sung-jae’s girlfriend, K, on ​​charges of murdering Kim Sung-jae. The arrest was made on the 7th, but as it was announced on the 8th, news of the arrest was published in the newspaper on the 9th. The police said, “After K deceived Kim Seong-jae, who was tired from appearing on a television show on the day of the crime, as a remedy for fatigue, he injected animal anesthetic into Kim’s right arm 28 times and killed him from drug addiction. The police said, “It was found that K purchased one set of veterinary anesthetics, 7 g of magnesium sulfate and two disposable syringes at Banpo Animal Hospital in Seocho-gu, Seoul in early November.” “This anesthetic ingredient was found in the body of Kim Seong-jae and The same.” Deuce fans and the entertainment industry were once again in shock when the police announced that the killer who murdered Kim Seong-jae was his girlfriend.

“I bought it to commit suicide after taking a doctor’s time”
“The medicine was bought to commit suicide in frustration after falling on the dentist’s national examination, and I immediately threw it in the local trash.” On this day, at the Criminal Division in the West, K and the reporters in and out were given questions and answers. In 1995, reporters entering the police station were able to directly question and answer a suspect in a major incident. At this time, K strongly denied the crime. He said, “After meeting Seongjae for the first time at the Gemmanite Club in Gangnam, Seoul in September 1993, we were in love enough to promise to marry each other, and he never said to break up.” Insisted. She said, “There is no reason to commit the crime, but the police are conducting a target investigation without a physical evidence.” He insisted on his innocence in a calm and coherent manner. However, the police were convinced that K was the culprit. It was the same as he believed Kim Seong-jae’s death was an accident caused by psychedelic drug administration. It was lightning. On the morning of the 7th, half a day before the emergency arrest of K, the possibility of burning in major daily newspapers, such as for two consecutive days, was raised one after another, and the police made explanatory data for internal reporting. Even in that data, the police were still focusing on the accident.

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On Saturday, December 9, 1995, news of K’s emergency arrest was published. Hankyoreh materials

Saturday, December 9th at 11:35. 48 hours before the expiration of the emergency arrest, 7 hours. The West requested a warrant for arrest against K from the western branch of the Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office on charges of murder. On the basis of this, Prosecutor Ahn Won-sik of the Western District Office immediately requested an arrest warrant to the Western Office of the Seoul District Court. Ahn Won-sik sees statements by referencers that K purchased the zoletil found in the body from Director Bae, asked him to hide it, and made obsessive behaviors such as shooting a gas gun and binding with tape to Kim Sung-jae before the incident4). When the charges were judged to have been fully clarified. On that afternoon, the western branch of the competent Seoul District Court issued an arrest warrant for K. K was transferred from the detention center in the west to the Yeongdeungpo detention center. The police were delighted with K’s arrest, but the media’s reaction was cold. The media criticized the police every single day. It was because he failed to secure physical evidence due to the failure of the initial investigation, and the arrest of the suspect was because he was caught as a decisive tip rather than an investigation. Major daily newspapers predicted that fierce court battles would take place in the future, saying that the arrests were made only with conviction and circumstances without physical evidence. There were also many prospects that the allegation itself would not be easy.

Two mothers fight for their children
Meanwhile, K’s mother Ko ○○, who was convinced of her innocence after visiting her daughter, volunteered for a press conference in the press room in Mapo Seo with lawyer Park ○○. It was the afternoon of Monday, December 11th. Said the late ○○. “Since Seongjae and daughter K continue to meet, and Seongjae has a good relationship, such as handing out black boots as a gift, there is no psychological motive to kill the other person.” 5) At this meeting, Park ○○ is suspicious of the bereaved family and lawyer. Reporters shed a story about the true offender. Suspicion was also raised against the black backdancer who returned to the United States after the incident. Between Kim Seong-jae’s death, the two mothers fought in different positions. The late ○○’s seat was exactly on the other side of Kim Sung-jae’s mother, Yuk Mi-seung. The fate of the two was ironic. Two women who lived without knowing each other faced each other because of their children’s relationship. One mother represented her son who could not speak because she died, and one mother represented her daughter who was imprisoned and unable to speak. The mothers fight for their children had begun. It was an insurmountable and inevitable struggle.

Seongjae Kim's Back Dancer Team WEST.  K's lawyer also raised suspicions against black backdancers Trikey (bottom photo) and Nicole, who returned to the United States after the incident, but failed to provide evidence.  Hankyoreh materials

Seongjae Kim’s Back Dancer Team WEST. K’s lawyer also raised suspicions against black backdancers Trikey (bottom photo) and Nicole, who returned to the United States after the incident, but failed to provide evidence. Hankyoreh materials

‘In Kim Sung-jae’s body, magnesium sulfate, which was sold to K by Bae ○○, the director of Banpo Animal Hospital, was not detected. Shouldn’t all be detected if K injected? The accident caused by drug addiction is obvious in that only zoletyl, which has a hallucinogenic component, was detected. Therefore, K is innocent.’ At that time, K’s lawyer Park ○○ was claiming innocence against the media for this purpose. Even for prosecution, the police had to refute this. This was the background of the police requesting an analysis of whether magnesium sulfate exists in Kim Sung-jae’s body again in the noodle tree. It was Tuesday, December 12th.

Magnesium sulphate, which is extremely weak, is also detected in the carcass
On Saturday, December 16, the western part filed a report on the results of the investigation of the murder suspect, stating that K was detained and sent to the western district of Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office. Now the investigation has passed from the police to the prosecution. While K was sent to the prosecution, Jeong Hee-seon, head of the Department of Guk Fruit Toxicology, found magnesium sulfate in Kim Sung-jae’s body after dozens of analyzes. But it wasn’t the end. Magnesium ions were measured with 30 types of urine requested for drug testing and urine collected from a person who died of other causes, and compared with the concentration of magnesium detected in the urine of the prisoner. This was to prove more clearly that magnesium sulfate was administered externally. When administered to the human body, magnesium sulfate is separated into sulfate and magnesium salts. As a result of the analysis, the concentration of magnesium (28.5~128.5ppm) detected in the urine of living humans281.5ppm) 2-10 times lower than that. The urine of another autopsy carcass (18.2~51.8 ppm) was also significantly lower than that of the deputy. Kim Sung-jae’s blood (67.8ppm)Magnesium was also detected in. The results of these experiments pointed to the possibility that magnesium sulfate was injected from outside the body of the scepter. Moreover, since magnesium sulfate acts similar to an anesthetic such as central nervous system suppression, skeletal muscle relaxation, and seizure sedation, it was expected that there would have been a synergistic effect of the drug if both zoletyl and magnesium sulfate were detected. By synthesizing these contents, an appraisal was written and sent to the West. It was Monday, December 18th.

Drug testimony, such as drugs, compiled in Kim Sung-jae's autopsy report.  It can be seen that no drug substances were detected other than the animal anesthetics, tiletamine and zolazepam.  Bereaved family

Drug testimony, including drugs, compiled in Kim Sung-jae’s autopsy report. It can be seen that no drug substances were detected other than the animal anesthetics, tiletamine and zolazepam. Bereaved family

On the evening of the evening when Jung Hee-sun discovered an abnormal level of magnesium salt in Kim Sung-jae’s body, the western office confiscated the suspect’s home in Yeouido. It was to find direct evidence, such as a black fur bag, that the suspect was holding on the day of the incident. Ahn Won-sik estimated that there would be a syringe and a zoletyl medicine bottle in the fur bag, but the prosecution could not find the fur bag at the end of the day at the suspect’s house. The prosecution’s search for seizure, which took place one month after the incident, ended in vain. On Wednesday, December 20th, on this day, the month of the incident, Chung Hee-sun found another important evidence in the body. By Oh Seung-hoon, staff reporter [email protected] Fact Story

▶Footnote
1. Bae ○○ said the sales time was in early November in the police and prosecution investigations, and then reversed to September-October in the first-trial trial 2. Bae ○○ police, prosecutors, and first-trial trial statement 3. Criminal Division, Seoul West Department Results report, 1995.12.15. 4. The Appeals Tribunal judged that the gas gun that K shot Sungjae before the incident was accidentally fired, and that the testimony that K bound Sungjae with tape was incomplete and could not be considered true. 5. Seongjae’s mother Mi-Seung Yuk said, “These boots are the same as backdancer boots. He said,’K will give you money,’ and said,’Buy a gift,’ and bought back dancers’ stage costumes together. Knowing that, K didn’t wear boots.”

▶Planning intention
On the dawn of November 20, 1995, Kim Seong-jae (23), a former member of the popular dance group Deuce, was found dead at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Hongeun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. It was the day after the successful solo debut stage after the dissolution of Deuce. Deuce, who debuted as a song in April 1993, was an icon of the music industry in the 1990s along with’Seo Taiji and Children’. While the musical basis of Seo Taiji and the children was rock, Deuce, made up of Kim Seong-jae and Lee Hyun-do, was a musician who consistently pursued black music based on New Jack Swing and Sol. This is why Deuce is said to be the origin of Korean hip-hop. It has been 26 years since he left. During those indifferent years, the suspicions surrounding Kim Seong-jae’s death have not yet been resolved. This is why the Kim Seong-jae case is called the largest unsanctioned case in the Korean entertainment industry. The bereaved family of Kim Sung-jae still lives in pain today. The sudden death of the eldest son, who was the most serious, caused the life of the family to fall. Because he did not know who the killer was or the reason for his death, he could not even let the dead completely go. Korean society should look back on whether there were any problems with the investigation at the time so that this tragedy does not repeat itself. In particular, the Kim Seong-jae case is a representative case that awakens the importance of the first police investigation. The problem of the autopsy system at the time when the case was plunged into a labyrinth did not change much today. Issues such as rejection or adoption of expert testimony are also valid. All are public interest values ​​that should be pointed out in the case of Kim Sung-jae’s case. For the past one year and six months, in order to find out the truth of the day, I reviewed more than 3,000 pages of related documents such as investigation and trial records, newspapers and magazine articles at the time, and interviewed with inquiry and court officials at the time. I met bereaved family members and acquaintances, and sought advice from forensic scientists and doctors. The lawyers of former girlfriend Kim Seong-jae, who were convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the first trial, were finally confirmed innocent in the Supreme Court, also contacted several times. Now, let’s look at the truth of death that shocked Korean society 26 years ago.

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