Wife Found a Missing Girl’s Torture Tape On Her Husband’s VHS Camera

Sumer doesn't normally go through her. husband's things, but this time she's. going to make an exception. The house. has been exceptionally cluttered. recently and she can't even think. straight. She's going to lose her mind. in here. She wants to finish cleaning up. the whole house before he gets home. Maybe they can eat dinner afterwards. She's going to feel like a brand new. person. That's the plan. This is a. spring cleaning type of day. She's not. just going to wipe the counters. She's. going to get on all fours and dust.

underneath every single piece of. furniture. She's going to grab the junk. drawers, dump them out on the table, and. start reorganizing every little piece of. junk in there. It is one of those. cleaning type of days. Sumer is in the thick of putting things. away. She's tried on five pairs of jeans. from the back of her closet just to see. if they still fit. She's sweating. She's. drenched in sweat, labeling everything, running around, and then she comes. across a stack of those old VHS tapes. Because before streaming services, there.

were CDs, and then before that, there. were these VHS tapes. They're like big. black blocks. Which is kind of cute. Maybe her husband is keeping them. because, I don't know, they don't really. watch VHS tapes anymore, but maybe it's. one of his favorite childhood memories. and he's just keeping it for nostalgia. Or maybe it's a video of him. when he was younger. Because you can. basically vlog and put it on a VHS tape. She keeps rummaging around and ends up. finding a VHS player. Oh, this is cute. She pops the VHS tape.

in, goes back to cleaning because you. have to wait for it to wind all the way. back to the beginning. It's literally a. tape. And then hits play. The video starts. and she freezes. She drops whatever's in her hand and. she's staring at the screen kind of. confused about how to feel about any of. this. On the screen is her husband. aggressively, almost visually painfully. ganking himself, self-pleasuring. himself. It's very aggressive and it.

feels illegal to watch her husband in. such a It's weird. She's never seen this. before and he's moaning a name, a. woman's name she's never heard before. It's definitely not her name. It's not. Sumi, it's somebody else. Is his face in there? Yes. It's very. disturbing. It's definitely going to be. a big fight when he gets home. But she's. trying to figure out when this tape is. even from. Maybe it's from before they. even got married. But even then, it's. kind of a weird tape to have. Who.

records themselves doing something like. this? It's a little odd. Do we know when. this was taken place? 2003. And by then, VHS tape is not really around, right? No. Most people have moved on to DVDs. Now she checks the time. It's a. 20-minute long clip. The whole time, that's what he's doing. Self-pleasuring. until he reaches his destination. She. rips the VHS tape out and inserts the. next one. By this point, her heart is. racing a little bit because is this. going to be another video of him doing.

strange things? Is it going to be an. introduction into the woman that he's. calling out to? She pushes the tape and presses play. Laying on the bed are two bodies, her husband and another body laying next. to him. There's these words written all over. both of their naked bodies like they're. doodling on each other or they were. doodling on each other. The words read. prince and king. Prince and king? Yeah, all over the husband's body. The girl looks terrified. She's laying.

next to the husband with a giant long. cut down her private area and she's. actively bleeding. She's trembling and so is Sumi. She's. shaking by the time her husband in the. video gets up, walks closer to the. camera, and smiles, quote, "Oh, she tried to run away. So, I had to. teach her a lesson.". He turns back to the girl and says,

quote, "Endure it, even if it hurts.". Then her husband walks over to the girl. in the video and starts essaying her. Somay does not recognize the other. person in the video, at least not. personally. This is not a family friend. or anything like that, but she does know. the girl's face. She's seen it before. All over missing posters in town. She's the little 8-year-old girl that. had gone missing recently.

It was a 8-year-old girl? 8 years old. We would like to thank today's sponsors. who have made it possible for Rotten. Mango to support the National Center for. Missing and Exploited Children. They are.

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that of young children and people with. intellectual disabilities. So, please. take care of yourself. If you need to. click out, go take a bath, read a book, and I will see you in the next one. Another big note, the person in question. in today's episode has not been proven. in the court of law of being guilty of. the crimes he's suspected of. He's been. proven to be guilty of a lot of other. things, but not these specific crimes. There is a lack of concrete evidence. that authorities could get their hands. on, but also the statute of limitations. in South Korea. Even if they were now to.

find a mountain of evidence of, "Hey, we. had a child serial killer on our hands.". it would be too late. The statute of. limitations for most of the cases would. be up. So, he or whoever did this would. probably be a free man. But, I do think. it's a very solid theory that the. authorities have. But, for legal. purposes, I will be using the word. allegedly and anything stated about. someone's guilt or lack thereof is. either a personal opinion or a. re-statement of opinions of netizens.

that have been compiled for viewer. convenience. They should not be taken as. fact and as always everyone should come. to their own opinions. So, with that. being said, let's get into it. The. producers of a famous Korean true crime. show get a letter from a man who is in. jail for essay and kidnapping, which is. kind of odd to say the least. They. usually cover crime stories and more. often than not the producers are the. ones reaching out to the prisoners. begging them like, "Let me come see you. and do an interview." What's the show? It's called Curious why. Mhm. Why would.

he reach out to want to share his story. and have it broadcasted to the whole. nation? It's a little weird. The man, Mr. Na, N A, rants in his long-winded letter. that this is all one big conspiracy. misunderstanding that if somebody just. takes 2 seconds to read his letter, they. would see just how corrupt the police. are. It's not that difficult. Mr. Na. states the police tricked him. The main. detective working his case just wants a.

pat on the back for stopping another. {quote} {unquote} violent criminal and. they're steamrolling him, making him out. to be this bad guy. So, he's reached out to all these news. networks. He's reaching out to human. rights organizations because this is. more than just about him. Whatever's. going on in this police station is. really dark. All of this happened. because of his mother-in-law. His. mother-in-law does not want him to be. with her daughter. All because of love. So, she accused him of kidnapping and. SA'ing her precious daughter. He says in. the letter, "I love her. I really love.

her. If you look at our text messages. between us, it's so clear that we love. each other. The police are rather. excessively separating us and putting. all these strange charges on me. My wife. is losing the man she loves. And from a. woman's point of view, her opinion has. not been respected at all. And it's. proceeding according to the detective's. needs, the parents' needs. Where are a. person's human rights?" He states he. didn't even know that she had an. intellectual disability till later on. And because she looked like she could.

still live a very independent life, even. though she was still living at home at. the time, he thought, "I mean, it's not. really impacting her life. Why would I. even notice? Why would she need to tell. me?" He argued she didn't feel. comfortable talking about it in depth, so he didn't push her. Is that a sin? They were seriously dating for a while, but she confessed to him that her mom. was terrifying. She was scared of her. mom. Her mom was quite abusive, and she. couldn't even be herself in her own. home, and it was miserable. Which is why. the two of them decide, "Let's get.

married ASAP.". Is that such a sin? He said, "Not acknowledging our. relationship just because of the. disability that my wife has is a clear. abuse of investigative power. The. performance of the investigator in. charge and his greed for cracking down. on crime and greed for promotion are. questionable.". The letter continues, "My wife. voluntarily went to the district's. office with me and registered our. marriage. The police are now trying to. make me, the husband, a criminal and.

deny a woman love and marriage. Is that. really justice?". But what is he sentenced for? For essay. and kidnapping his wife. Oh, but they. are legally married? Yes. Na said the accusations against him. right now are absolutely absurd. He. lastly asks the producers of the show, is love a sin? Think about that. What? All because the woman he loved has. the mental capacity of a 6-year-old.

according to her mother and technically. in her specific case does not have the. capacity for informed consent. How is. that him taking advantage of her? Even though technically she said the. word yes, she signed the marriage. certificate. Is that really a sin? Just. because her mental capacity is at 6. years old? Why should that ever stop him. from being intimate with her? The producers are instantly intrigued. and it's time to go investigate. First. stop would be Kangjin, South Korea. Every town has something that they're.

known for, especially in the producer. world. Each town that they investigate. in South Korea, there's always a case. that they remember it by. This small town in South Korea was known. for every June children disappear. That. was what all the kids were told and even. though parents would say, "No, no, no, it hasn't happened in such a long time.". If you watch closely, if you go there. maybe May, you're not going to see a lot. of kids walking home alone month of. June. Even during May, you see parents. starting to slowly rein in the leashes. You honestly won't see many kids out and.

about in general the entire month. It's. a very tense 30 days. The minute May starts rolling around, parents are already preparing. They're. canceling all of their plans. They're. just going to stay home after work every. single night. If you ask one of the. townspeople, "Hey, I'm new here. What's. going on? Why is everybody acting so. strange all of a sudden? Everybody seems. on edge.". They'll just sigh and respond. Neither the heavens nor the earth knows. what really happened. What does that mean?

There'd always been these superstitious. rumors that the town would have to give. up a child every single summer, usually. a little girl. That something or someone. is taking little girls away every June. as some sort of annual sacrifice. It's. hard to say if it's true. Some kids say. it's kind of like the boogeyman, the. boogeyman comes and snatches you every. June. Others say it's just sensationalism. The truth is a few girls went missing in. June for a few years and now it's a. whole thing. It was a few years ago.

two girls had gone missing, both in. June, both one year apart. They were. both walking home from elementary school. and they just kind of evaporated into. thin air. It's like a hole opened up in. the ground and just swallowed them up. There there was no textbook left behind, no backpack, nothing. They just. vanished, no evidence. The body's not found? Never. Now, that's not what the producers are. in town for. They're in town to. investigate a human rights concern. involving a woman with intellectual. disabilities. They didn't know that both.

these cases would actually be connected. The first stop the producers make in the. town is the police station. They want to. talk to the detectives on Mr. Na's case. Are they violating human rights or not? The detective breaks the case down for. them. It's not a hard concept. He claims. it's love, he claims she's mentally. capable of getting married, she's of. legal age, there's nothing wrong with. it. Love is not a sin. She claims she. has no idea what marriage is or what the. certificate is. She's claims that she. signed it without understanding it. Her.

mom and social worker state she has the. mental capacity of a 6-year-old and. cannot give informed consent. She does. not want to be with him. She has stated. that he was holding her captive. So. therefore, he's charged with essay and. kidnap. I'm not sure why we're even. talking about human rights violations. right now. The producers nod. Maybe they followed a. bad lead. The story is sad, but it's not. really complicated. It is in the sense, but it's not what they're looking for in. a documentary. They need something to. pitch to their network. This is not. that. But, as they're on their way out,

the officer continues, "Besides, that. guy should just stay single. His first. attempt at marriage, even bigger. disaster.". "What do you mean?". "Oh, yeah, he was married once before. That's why he was in jail the very first. time. This is his second time in jail, second time getting married. We know his. ex-wife pretty well. She was down here a. lot talking to us. She's the um She's. the one that accused him of running a. child snuff film ring.". Whoa. A while back, a group of American. documentary filmmakers decided that they. were going to venture into the Amazon.

rainforest to film a documentary about a. cannibal community. There was going to. be a director, script writer, and two. cameramen. They tell all of their friends about it. They'd been preparing for this trip for. months now, and it's finally time. And then they just vanish in the Amazon. rainforest, disappear into thin air. When? This was in the '80s. Professor. Harold Monroe, an anthropologist from. NYU, decides he's going to run a little. rescue mission to find the missing. documentary makers. The plan is honestly.

horrendous. They're going to infiltrate. the cannibal community and try to figure. out what happened, and try to get the. tapes back, try to find the documentary. makers. He and his team end up finding. out they're dead. There is a shrine that. the community made where their skeletal. remains are laid out, as well as their. reels of film. The professor somehow is able to make a. deal to leave with the reels of film, and he has no idea what's in them. He. can't even play them until he gets back. to New York. He goes back home, reviews. this recovered footage, and it's like.

watching a real-life horror movie. The. four filmmakers have a very rough start. to their trip. A few days in, their. guide, Felipe, is bitten by a venomous. snake. There's nothing they can do about. it. There's nobody around. It's too. late. They're too deep into the forest. to leave now and get him medical. attention. Meaning, either or venom is. going to spread to the rest of his body. or they have to cut his leg off. So, they cut his leg off with the. machete in the middle of the Amazon. rainforest in an effort to save his. life, but he ends up dying anyway.

They just leave him behind. The group make it to the location of the. cannibal community and they see one of. the younger community members walking by. themselves. So, what do they do? Do they. ask him to introduce them to their. community because they're making a. documentary? No. They shoot him in the leg so that. they can easily follow him back to his. community centered area. When they do, they just wage war from the get-go, which I'm so confused by. The four. filmmakers, yes, they want a. documentary, but they mainly want good. footage. So, they intimidate a whole.

tribe, kill a pet pig, herd the. community members into a tent, burn the. tent down. The professor keeps watching. and it just gets worse. The three male. filmmakers film themselves taking turns. R-wording a young girl. The only one. trying to convince them to stop is the. female screenwriter, but she tells them. to stop because she argues, "You guys. are wasting precious film footage. We. don't have that much film." You can see. in the background that they're being. watched by the locals. They know what the filmmakers are doing.

The filmmakers later find the girl. impaled on a wooden pole, meaning. a pole went through her private area and. then through her mouth and she's impaled. on it. She's dead. They state in the documentary that it's. because she's no longer pure. They claim the locals killed her for her. loss of virginity, but it's pretty clear. from the way the filmmakers are talking. about it. The professor has an inkling. that they R-wording her. and they killed her and they set it up. like this to get better footage.

In the end, the community attack the. filmmakers for what they did to the. girl. One of them, Jack, they use a. large machete to cut off his private. parts and even after he's dead, they. continue to mutilate his body. Fay, the screenwriter, is captured, stripped, gang assed, beaten to death, and then ultimately beheaded. One of the. other camera guys keeps trying to. convince the other survivor, "We have to. go and try and save her." But, he's not. listening. He just keeps filming the. assault on her from afar. I thought there's only three people. left. Four. Are there still four left?

Oh, so two just died. There's two left. Oh. Now, eventually the last two. filmmakers are located, killed, all the. while their cameras keep rolling, and. the footage is probably some of the most. graphic, intense violence you can see on. a screen. There's horrific torture, essay, animal cruelty, murder, cannibalism, all caught on camera. There's scenes of mutilation, severing. of private parts. Professor Monroe would. say he was left pondering who the real. cannibals really are. The footage. premiered in Milan, Italy. What? Where.

the man who had the footage and owned it. and premiered the footage was promptly. arrested. The man was arrested for. animal cruelty and murder. This man argued in the court, "Please, you have to believe me. None of that is. real. I'm a movie director. All of this is. fake. None of it is real. You have to. trust me. Look me up.". Wait, so. it was not released by NYU professor?

No. Is he involved? He is a movie. character. Oh. He's This man is now claiming, "I'm. the director of this movie. These are. all fake people. It's a fake. documentary." I see. But, the authorities don't believe him. because none of it looks fake. It. doesn't look like a fake documentary. Like, it looks so real. It looks like. people actually died. Yes. So, they're. saying, "If it's a fake documentary, we. still think that you killed people with. this plot because none of this There's. no CGI. It looks real.".

They don't believe him. It looks very. real, especially the part where the girl. is assaulted and then gets impaled on a. stake by the river. She has the stake. going through her private parts, through. her body, out of her mouth. They believe he created a real-life. snuff film to win awards, to make money, to dupe the public into watching it. It. wasn't until during the trial, they go. to trial, they would confirm that the. actress was very much alive. And they. still didn't believe it. They thought, "Maybe it's a look-alike. Maybe it's a. twin sister." They had to physically.

demonstrate how the killing scenes were. done in court to prove that nobody died. on set. Okay, so there was a film that. looks so much alike a snuff film was. released. Yes, and the plot of it is. what I told you, the four film. documentary makers, but none of it is. done in a way where it's like, "Hey, this is actually a movie." It looks like. a documentary. Then the New York City. professor finds it. He's watching it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So the police. was like, "This is a crime right here. This is a real snuff film." At first.

they believed, "Okay, maybe this is a. documentary, but you can't just air. people dying like that." Then the movie. director is like, "Actually, it's not a. documentary. It's a mockumentary, one of. the first of its kind. This is before. they were around. And nobody died. I'm. not airing footage of real people's. deaths." And they're like, "We don't. believe you. We think that you actually. killed these people to make this movie. So we're going to arrest you for murder. and animal cruelty." He goes to trial. They bring photos of the girl that is. still very much alive. And the.

authorities are like, "We still don't. believe you." So they have to now. reenact the killing scenes in the movie. to show you, "Hey, no, really. The scene. where the girl is impaled by the stake.". They had a stake embedded into the. ground and a bicycle seat that she would. sit on. Then she put a basil wood on her. mouth to hold it, and she appeared like. she had the stick going through her. body. But the way that she's able to. keep completely still is crazy. But only. then were the murder charges dropped. And the film was banned for animal.

cruelty. There are actual animal torture. scenes in the movie. Um those were not. faked. There's a scene where a turtle is. deshelled and butchered. They killed a. total of seven animals for the film for. whatever sick reason. Truly, apparently. there was no reason for those plot. points. Not that that would excuse. anything, but truly there it wasn't even. part of the plot, if you will. It was. just extra sadism thrown in for why the. hell not. It's really sad if we get into. it, but the animal cruelty scenes are. brutal. Apparently, they wanted a scene.

for no good reason of them killing a. monkey. But, they didn't like the first take. So, they took another monkey and. decapitated it. Again, just because. Additionally, the girl that is essayed. by filmmakers, apparently she was 14 at. the time of filming. She did not. understand English, and there was a. general thought on the internet that she. had no idea what kind of scene she was. filming. This was her first time even. seeing a camera. I believe she's Colombian, and I don't. think that they should have used someone. that young either way, but it's said.

that she never had seen a camera in her. life. She never knew what this scene was. about. She understood no English. So, it's believed online that she went to. this thinking she's going to smile for. the camera, but no. They're like, "You're going to just start running.". And there's these men chasing her. It. seems incredibly unethical. I wonder if. even illegal. All in all, I believe the. director did deserve jail time for his. animal abuse as well as forcing the crew. into deeply uncomfortable simulations of. violent crimes. I mean, he truly did not. care for the actors. The actors straight. up said he was a sadist.

But, this was one of the world's first. introductions at the time on a mass. level to the world of snuff films. Which, by definition, is a movie or. video produced for profit or financial. gain that shows scenes of actual. homicide. Now, snuff films don't. technically exist, and mainly because I. think the definition of what a snuff. film is is very, very narrow. It has to. be recorded murder for the purpose of. selling that tape as a commodity and. entertainment. It cannot be recorded.

murder that was produced for enjoyment. that later gets circulated for shock. value or for profit. So, there are. actually lots of videos that depict. death where gangs, cartels, wartime, there will be beheadings, there will be. Yeah. shocking scenes of torture and. violence that are filmed and then. recorded, released for the mass media. consumption, or at least that's their. initial point.

But they're not trying to make money. They're not trying to make money and. additionally, there's no really plot. Mhm. So, snuff films kind of do have a. plot. It does have to be a little bit. like a movie. Got it. It has to be. entertaining. Wow. It cannot just be shocking gore. It. has to be murder with the sole intention. of filming and making money off of that. murder scene. So, when you deal with. videos of abuse against the younger. generation typically, it does appear. that a lot of the injuries sustained. would result in death, but it would not. be considered a snuff film. Because the.

purpose of someone viewing that video. would not be to see a murder of a kid, but more so for the explicit content. involving that kid prior to the murder. There's a lot of articles out there. being like, "Guys, don't worry, snuff. films don't actually exist. The FBI. haven't found one yet." But they have. found videos of brutal murders being. circulated on the deep web, essays that. lead to murder that have been. circulated, but they don't categorize. those as snuff films. So, it is safe to. assume that many netizens think, "Yeah, I mean, technically by definition, they. don't exist, but our idea of them and.

what they are, they exist." Even things. like hurtcore exist, which is a. particularly extreme form of torture. videos that are incredibly illegal to. produce, purchase, own, and even watch. It's quote, "Made for people who get off. on the infliction of pain or even. torture and death on a person who is not. a willing participant.". One netizen put it, "There's no limit to. human depravity out there. Plenty of. people with enough money to do whatever. they want. If what they want is a true. snuff film, then they're going to get a.

true snuff film. And now, this man, Mr. Na, the police. said, a man who was at the time in his. mid-20s, looked like he just graduated. from college, is being accused of. running a child snuff film ring by his. own wife? They tell the producers, it was never. proven though. And that was over 15. years ago when she accused him. Now he's. older and he's in jail for essaying and. kidnapping his new wife, and he wants. his human rights to be protected?

When Mr. Na finds out the producers are. looking into his case, not about the. human rights violations, but about the. missing girls, he writes another letter. to them. The criminal charges are only. suspicious and most of them are not. true. As it may have a negative impact. on the case that I'm currently on trial. for, please postpone the broadcast of. your story. If only the suspicious. content from the police flows out. without my truth, the truth of the. current trial will also be buried. Wait, what is he saying? He's saying, unless you want to obstruct. justice, I would say don't broadcast.

whatever you think you have because. that's not the real truth. So, the. beginning of the story, the little. discovering was the first wife, correct? Yes. And that was 15 years ago, and now. 15 years later, he's writing a letter to. producers being like, "Hey, I'm in jail. because I'm being accused of these. crimes of trying to marry my second. wife, and they're saying I'm kidnapping. her." They go to investigate that second. wife thing. And the police are like, "Oh, there's so much more to the story. This guy has This guy's crazy. He was in. prison for a while." So, the first crime.

was 2003, that means the second was. 2018? Yes, he It's recent. Woah, so this. is like he's been around for a while. Now, Mr. Na starts referring to himself. in third person in the letters. He says, "The informant was suspected of a crime. not because he committed the crime, but. because the police wanted to accuse him. The police fabricated and destroyed a. lot of things, especially against those. who are weak and have nothing. Mr. Na. falls into that category. If Mr. Na had. truly committed a crime, would he have. reported it to a broadcasting station.

under his real name? It's very strange response that if the. producers didn't feel like there was. more to the story before, they definitely think there is now. The response makes them want to dig. deeper. One year, this is the ex-wife. So, back. to 2003. One year before finding the tapes in her. husband's closet. Somi starts noticing. her husband's not acting normal. I mean, to be fair, everyone in town is. kind of on edge. Another little girl had.

gone missing, but they didn't have a. daughter. They're not exactly as high. risk as all the other people in town who. are freaking out about their own. children. But this vacation is supposed to be. about them and reconnecting and focusing. on their relationship, and it just seems. like the last thing on her husband's. mind is relaxing. In fact, he's in the. corner of the hotel room writing a will. He's insisting that they need a will if. they're ever going to die, which. logically, yeah, sure. But time and. place for everything, no? I mean, who. does that in the middle of a vacation?

He even randomly starts writing a letter. to his uncle that he hasn't spoken to in. years. Somi is still confused. She leans. over his shoulder to get a glimpse of. the letter, and it reads, "It seems to. be the first time I'm writing a letter. to my own uncle. The trip has already. been planned and has nothing to do with. any incident. Also, the recent incident. has nothing to do with me. And I confess that I lied.". What? What incident? What is he talking. about? What does it even mean? But the weirdest part of the trip comes.

at night. The two of them would be lying. in bed, the lights are off, the motel's. blackout curtains are drawn. It's pitch. black in the room, and Somi is just. about to drift off into sleep, and she. thinks her husband's already knocked. out. It's quiet. Then she hears something. She hears him talking. What did he just say? She holds her breath and he says it. again. Okay, what what was that? He's muttering. something under his breath. And then she hears it again and this. time it's a bit clearer. There's someone in the walls.

For the first time ever, Somi is. actually pretty happy to be back home. from her little trip with her husband. She hoped going back to their routine is. going to help him get someone back to. normal. I mean but that's not what. happens, not even close. When they get. back, one of the first things her. husband wants to do is go to the movies, which fine. But he wants to go by. himself, which I mean again, I guess. it's fine. She kisses him goodbye, but. there's something about the way she just. she grabs her coat. She waits a little. bit while before running out of the.

house and following him down the street. It's not like she's following him. Technically, she could be going to the. market. It's also in the same direction. Who's to say, really? She stays very far away from Na, and he. cannot see her, but she follows him all. the way towards the movie theater. He. does end up going to the movies, but at. one point when he's walking through an. alleyway, out of nowhere, he just starts. sprinting, booking it, sprinting down. the alleyway, looking behind him, hiding. behind giant dumpsters, poking his head. out, eyes wide, hiding again. He looks.

like someone is chasing him. But nobody is chasing him. You don't think he saw her? No. Oh, like he's running away from someone. else. Yes, because if he sees his wife, you don't hide like that. You don't run. like that. He's running like someone's. chasing him with a knife. Somi turns around and quickly goes back. home. Later that night after dinner, Somi starts cleaning again and she sees. sitting near the top of the trash can a. ripped-up movie ticket from earlier. today.

She bends down, grabs as many of the. pieces as she can and starts puzzling it. back together. And on it is a. handwritten scribble. It reads, quote, "I have to use her and then get rid of. her. Who is he talking about? What What is he referring to? Does it. have anything to do with the little girl. that just went missing? She was the. second girl in town to disappear into. thin air and the whole town had been. looking for her. Does it have to do with her? So, by this. point the wife is suspecting of the. husband or.

Just she is She has a lot of questions? A lot of questions. I don't think that I think You know when. you have those intrusive thoughts and. you're like, "Okay, I am creating a. movie in my head. This is not real." I. think it was one of those moments. because she does not report it at all. Every single karaoke bar, that's the. search initiative. That's it. Comb. through every single one of them. Flip. tables, look under the booths, look in. the vents. 300 police officers are out. searching for the little missing girl. They're combing through the back of.

these karaoke rooms, inside the private. rooms, tossing everybody out, asking all. the employees for IDs, and it's all. because this one post goes viral. An. online forum post starts going viral 25. days after a little girl in town named. Han disappears. She's eight. She vanishes. The title of. the online post reads, "I saw a girl who. looks just like Han, the one that. disappeared. I saw her somewhere and I'm. pretty sure it's her." The rest of the. message reveals the OP is a woman in her.

20s. She did not just see someone like. Han. She sold Han. That's what she. details in a post. Yes. That's what she details in a post. that's basically a confessional of how. she lured a small child, a small girl, to hang out with her, then handed her. over to two men who promised to pay her. for little girls, $1,000 per little. girl. She states in the post, "It. Nothing against Han in particular. She. just lured the next girl she could find,

which happened to be Han." She said she. didn't really know what these men had in. store for her, only that they were going. to take her away in this black sedan. Perhaps they wanted to legally put her. up for adoption. That was like the weird. sick hope she had, that she was going to. find a nice little family that would. love her, and she would make a thousand. dollars. But instead, she states one day. she comes across a karaoke store where. she sees what looks like that little. girl working in the karaoke store. Side note, she said that she's full of.

remorse and guilt, and that's why she's. posting this. But she also mentions she. never got paid the one thousand dollars. that she was owed. The eight year old. girl is working at a karaoke bar? Karaoke bars in South Korea are honestly. typically a lot of fun if you are over. age and you go knowing some security. measures, but it's not really the type. of place that your parents would want. you to hang out in. It's like clubbing. Clubs are fun in the US if you're of age. and everything is legal, but is it the.

safest place in the world? Is it a place. where your parents are going to be like, yes, go every single night? There's. nothing inherently wrong or shady about. them. There's bad people everywhere, but. it is a place where bad things have. known to happen just cuz it's associated. with nightlife. And this was year years. and years ago, right? Decades ago. Yes. So it's more unregulated. Yes, I'm. assuming it's a lot more regulated now, but there have been allegations even. today that some shady stuff is. happening. I think not so much in the. more tourist areas, but maybe smaller.

towns. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now, there had been. instances where girls had been kidnapped. and forced almost into a labor. trafficking sex trafficking ring inside. of karaoke bars. There have been. instances where children in South Korea. have been kidnapped, and they would be. purchased by adults. in these karaoke bars. Yeah, there have been unverified. internet rumors that some of them were. these underage kids would be forced to. perform on tables in private karaoke. rooms by using fruits to.

do things to their body. I don't know. That is completely. unverified. It's an internet rumor. Now, this is still the very big first lead. that the police have about missing Hyun. She might be working in a karaoke bar. The missing girl's dad, Hyun's dad, even. tries to meet with some of the former. kids that have been kidnapped by karaoke. bars just to see what their day was. like, how they could find someone that. is being moved around in these bars, the. best way for them to escape. He starts. sleeping outside of karaoke bars in the. area until the owners will let him in to.

search until they talk to him. And. that's when he finds out that his. daughter. is not in any of them. Authorities had searched through Mokpo, Busan, checking every single karaoke. bar, subway stations, even going through. the terminals one by one. If she was. sold as a karaoke worker, it's likely. she's traveling through the subway. stations or perhaps even spending time. and maybe even sleeping in one. But. she's not there. She's not anywhere. They don't even have a clue or a better. lead. Usually when they search this. intensely, you get another lead you can.

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further away from their actual town. There's better internet cafes closer. Side note, an internet cafe you can pay. money to log on to one of their. computers and use their Wi-Fi. They. usually have food and snacks and really. fast Wi-Fi, so a lot of people will. specifically go to play games. But why. would she go all the way here to write. her post if she's from our town? They walk inside. "Hi, we're with the. police. We're going to need to see the. CCTV camera footage from the past few. weeks.".

Now they know why she came all the way. here. No CCTV cameras. They said she paid in cash. They don't. keep a log of customers. I'm sure now in. 2024 in most areas it's very different. Like South Korea is known as CCTV land, but back then you could likely pay cash. and browse the internet with no data. trace. You wouldn't even have to log on. with your government ID number. I think. things are different now, but you you. wouldn't have to. I feel like there's. now limitations to that, but that means. she was on a public computer, no record. of her paying for that computer time in.

a place where there's no CCTV cameras. It's truly anonymous. They don't know. what she looks like, so they can't even. describe the poster to the employees. Besides, the employees aren't really. trying to pay attention to every single. customer coming in. That's when the detectives start. thinking, "What if the point of the post wasn't to. tell the truth? What if the point of the post is to lead. us the wrong way?". Whoa. But what does that mean? An expert. criminal profiler said, "In my opinion, the credibility of the online post is. very low. It's very abstract, and the.

actual content of how and why she gave. the child over to these men was. completely omitted. Why was that passing. child in particular selected? It's. omitted. The facts of the crime are only. two lines out of the entire post.". The profiler continues, "Contrary to the. post that said she's now reporting this. out of guilt for the child, it is. strange that there is no content about. the child's emotions on the report. You. would imagine one would write, 'She. looks so scared. She must have been so. terrified. The look on her face still. haunts me in my sleep. I can't stop.

thinking about the way her face looked. up at me.' But nothing. Nothing about. the child or the child's reaction. The. post gave almost no specifics. How did. the child follow her? How did she lure. the child? How did the child react when. she realized she was being taken away? There is nothing. It just reads, 'My. heart hurts for the child.'". The expert profiler stated ultimately, "In general, it does not match the. psychological state that appears when a. person commits a crime like this and. feels remorse. It is difficult to see. the post as a credible one.".

But now the police have an even bigger. question. If it is a false report, who. wrote it. and why? What would be the reason for the post? To confuse the investigators? Somi slams down the VHS tapes on the. table when her husband, Nat, comes home. It's unclear exactly what was said. during this confrontation, but it. doesn't seem like Na cared too much that. his wife found out. Or maybe he knew. it's too late to act like he's still the. same husband because he just drops the. act. He just tells her straight up, "I.

will let you leave. I will let you walk. out of here on your own two feet on one. condition. I let you leave as long as. you never speak another word of this to. anybody.". Hm. So Mi is terrified. On one hand, she. knows she should have gone to the police. with this, but she hoped that her. husband would tell her it was fake, it. was all edited. She wanted to give him. the chance to explain, but no, he's. confirming these are very real. And now. the only way out of life probably is to. take this deal, to walk out and never. speak another word of it. Which she needs to walk out of here,

does she not? So she nods and she starts. packing up her things after years of. marriage. He just tells her, "You know, this is also a very normal thing in. other countries, these types of videos. Everybody makes snuff films for a. profit. Someone told me it was lucrative, so I'm. just selling it to foreign markets. I'm. just doing it for money. It's not sick. and twisted.". So Mi practically runs out of his house. and soon afterwards, Mr. Na is arrested. for murder. But not the murder of the girls. He's arrested for a completely separate. murder.

This is crazy. It just keeps going. Yes. Na had plans to end this whole. messy thing. I mean, it's only a matter. of time, honestly, that his wife or. ex-wife, it's very unclear, whatever his. homey is to him now, it's going to. she's going to officially leave him and. she might tell someone eventually. Maybe. 5 years down the line, maybe 10 years. down the line, or maybe there's going to. be rumors that she starts. And it's not. even So Mi that he's worried about. He. feels like he has good grip on So Mi. He. has good control over her, but it's.

actually her little brother. Na always. hated her little brother, his. brother-in-law. He's the younger brother. to So Mi and he acts like he's the man. of the house, always trying to protect. his sister, giving her advice. Eventually, Na knows that Somi, his. wife, would tell her brother about what. she saw and he would, of course, give. her unsolicited advice and ask her to go. to the police station and make sure she. tells them everything. So, he hides. That's what Na does. He hides. July 3rd, 2002, around 10:30 a.m. He starts hiding.

outside the bushes of his house. Hiding in the bushes. His house. Na had. asked Somi to come find his credit card, which was partly true, he did lose it. But, more importantly, he had the whole. apartment set up so that he could kidnap. her. Ex-wife? Yeah. Because if she's being. held hostage, then she can't really say. anything, can she? Okay, so he's he's. backtracking now. He's trying to lure. her back. But, he's in the bushes. peeking his head out and he sees Somi. walking up to the door with her brother. And it becomes very clear to him in that.

moment that everything he perhaps. thought is very true. is very true. He's never going to be. able to control his wife. His Her. brother's around. He will always be the dangerous. variable. So, he makes up his mind in. that moment he has to kill him. He takes. out the sharp knife that he was. initially going to use to threaten his. wife and kidnap her and allegedly hold. her hostage. He waits for the front door. to open, he rushes in, ambushes the. little brother-in-law, stabbing him. first straight in the forehead, then his. shoulder, stomach, and back. His.

brother-in-law died right there on the. floor from excessive blood loss. All in front of Somi? Yes, and he also. assaults Somi. Like stabbing her? Doesn't stab her, but. he beats her. But, not trying to kill. her. No. Now, it's really hard to argue that. it's not you that stabbed someone in the. forehead with a knife. The knife belongs. to Na. This is Na's house. Na has. motive. Na murders his brother-in-law in. front of his wife. He has witnesses and. he has the victim's blood on his arms. It's very hard to argue that. The. arrest, investigation, and even trial.

goes by really quickly. There really is. no big investigation. He did it. What. What is there to investigate? They. barely, the authorities barely talked to. his homie and asked for her side of the. story and she's not going out of her way. to tell the police anything. Nat quickly. gets sentenced to 15 years in prison and. the book closes. But there's a few cases that detectives. always say keep them up at night. Most. of the time they're unsolved, but. sometimes they're solved and there's. just something that isn't clicking in. their minds. It doesn't make sense. The.

lead detective on this case is laying in. bed. Nat killed his brother-in-law. because his wife was going to leave him. That's what's stated in court. Her brother was going to help her leave, but technically she had already moved. out. So the worst was over and he didn't. seem upset when she moved out. It wasn't. until later he killed his. brother-in-law. So so why? This is the case that this detective. thinks about before he goes to bed for. the next four years. Finally, he can't take it anymore and he. reaches out to the ex-wife's homie.

This is years after he's already in. prison for murdering her brother. And. this time she's willing to tell him. everything. I think the distance helped. I imagine she was very terrified. She. tells the detective everything, the. marriage, the tapes. She tells him about. the VHS tapes and he doesn't even know. how to respond. It just the whole thing. sounds like it's straight out of a Karin. Slaughter thriller novel, which by the. way, one of Karin Slaughter's books has. the exact premise of this. Local girl. goes missing, wife checks successful. husband's computer and sees videos of. girls that look just like the missing.

girls and they're creating snuff films. The husband runs a snuff film empire. I. did a BAM on it, which I'll link, but. it's so eerie similar to a novel. What. what was it called? Pretty Girls. Right. That's that's what it reminds me of. Yes. And the detective is like, "There's. no way this is real." They ask her to. describe the girl in the video, her. facial features. Homie tells him enough. detail what she saw in the video that. truly it would be weird for her to make. it up. It's she has no vengeance against. her ex-husband. He's already in jail and.

of course she probably hates the guy, but there's no reason for her to make. this up. It's not even in line with how. people usually lie or make false. reports. And the girl Homie is. describing what? 5 years after the fact, looks exactly like the girl from the. missing girls posters. Even years later, she still remembers. all the details so vividly and she's. describing it with so much emotion that. the detective just trusts her. He said, "She talked in great detail. I. didn't show her any of the photos of the.

missing children in advance, but she. gave very accurate statements. She spoke. again in such great detail.". He runs back to his team, "We have to. look into it. We have to search Na's. house now. We need to find those tapes.". Before the police search Na's house, an. interesting letter is sent out from. prison. A letter from Na to his family. It reads, "What did you do with my bag. and computer? Not the ones in Gwangjin, but the other ones. You should dismantle. the computer and break it and dispose of. it. What about my luggage and.

belongings, the ones in Gwangju? When. you come to visit me in prison, just. talk about my well-being, not this and. that. I'll ask if I'm curious.". Who did he send it to? His mom. So, he wants the mom to destroy. evidence. Yes, but he writes it so nonchalant. "What did you do with my computer? You. should probably dismantle it and break. it and get rid of it." Mhm. I wonder what the mom does then. She. does that. It seems like she does exactly that. When the police storm into his old.

house, the first thing that sticks out. to them is it's almost like a super. villain movie. Na has two boards on his. wall, a chalkboard and a whiteboard, and. on it are just a bunch of random symbols. and characters, multiple different. languages squashed together. There's. Korean, there's Japanese, there's. English, periods randomly, exclamation. points, numbers. It. It looks like some sort of code. Look, there's 360 characters used. The purpose of the code is to make. decoding very, very difficult. That's.

what the authorities believe. To confuse. the reader and it's working. Whoever. reads it, if I walk into his house and. stumble upon it, me as the reader, I. don't know what's going on. He created a. code with his own rules and steadily he. is writing in secret letters. The police have to create some sort of. index to try and decipher it and the. first message that they're able to. decipher on the board is written in. large code across the top. Reads, "Use. women financially.". Let's keep going. What about this one?

Following the code index I created, if. the code index is correct, this one. says, "King of the brilliant nation. I. will use my psychopath techniques and I. will film pornography.". The rest of the codes that have been. deciphered have not been released. verbatim, but it has been described as. content relating to desires for. crimes against children and desires for. child grooming. How is this not a movie? The code is. alleged. No, the idea that he's connected to. those missing girls is alleged. Oh,

okay. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But even. like. haven't been found. Right. But those. writings, scribbles. Yes. That is not normal. Exactly. So, um, some people say that he was later. diagnosed with schizophrenia. I don't know. because. I think the part that I was like, "Okay, perhaps." was him running down the. alleyway. Mhm. But I'm not sure. Maybe. someone was chasing him or he could have. just been on edge because of the illegal. stuff he's doing. Like he could have.

thought police are chasing him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't think I feel. like schizophrenia is a very. just like a we don't understand enough. about schizophrenia, so let's throw it. on people when we don't understand. I. think that he's sick. Everything he does. seems pretty meticulous. Yeah. The code is very meticulous. It. doesn't seem like someone going through. psychosis and having hallucinations. right. That's a good point. cuz usually people that are. schizophrenic and from my knowledge, please correct me if I'm wrong, if they. truly believe that they are in danger,

they will write things, but it's usually. very frantic. Like. This one is like he's putting a lot of. thoughts behind it. code is very and he has been using this. code even today in prison. He's still. using the code. Right, right, right. So and he's. developing the code and altering the. code. So it's a very long lengthy. process that seems very well thought. out, well planned. Yeah. Now, one of the other codes reads, "I am. the most precious. Make others naive for. my benefit. Never be deceived.".

And another one, a more chilling one if. you consider the timing of it. This was. written right after the second girl. vanished and it reads, "If they just. didn't know me, I wouldn't have. committed any sins. If I simply would. have not been born, I would have no sins. at all." So again, some people liken. this to, "Oh, maybe he's schizophrenic. and he's saying like what's wrong with. me? I don't know what's wrong with me. I. don't understand." However, other. criminologists believe the way he's.

writing is almost. it's almost I have to commit crime. I. was born to commit crime. So if I hadn't. been born, I wouldn't have committed. crime. It's not my fault that I was. born. It's it seems more from a place of anger. rather than from a mental health. disorder. Why would he write it in code though to. begin with? What does the code mean to. him and does it have a link to the. missing girls? That's all the evidence. the police find. They do not find a. single VHS tape. They're all gone. Even though the police don't have solid.

evidence to nail Na, they theorize that. he might be the child serial killer in. the area. That he's responsible for at. least two of the missing girls and he. might have been using them to create. snuff films to sell to foreign markets. The timeline is making a lot of sense. The first little girl, Songju Kim, disappeared June 15th, 2000. She was. last seen around 2:00 p.m. sitting on a. bench in front of a stationery store. She was waiting for her older brother to. get out of school so that they could. walk home together like they always do. Then almost exactly a year later, June. 1st, 2001, the second child disappears.

on her way home from school just like. Hongju Kim. Her name is Han Kim, no. relation by the last name, but she. vanished on her walk from school. She. was last seen standing at a crosswalk. trying to cross in the direction of her. house and then vanished. And here's the. interesting thing, a lot of younger to. mid-20-year-old guys were ruled out. since most of them would have likely. spent 2 years in the army. Interestingly though, after the first. little girl disappears, Na is enlisted. in the army. Technically, he should have.

been in the army when the second little. girl goes missing, but he gets early. discharged for medical reasons. And. right after his discharge, the second. little girl goes missing. Wow. And then a year after that, he gets. arrested for murdering his. brother-in-law. Wow. And girls stopped going missing. Okay. were recent cases where girls did start. going missing again, but it it didn't seem like it was the. same person. So, girls stopped going. missing in the same fashion. And then. around the time that he's arrested, a. few years later, his wife states that.

she found snuff films that he made with. what looks like the second girl that. went missing, Han. Now, they theorize. that Na is responsible for both girls. going missing. That would mean that both. the girls' disappearances are linked and. there are a lot of similarities between. the two. It just doesn't seem like a. coincidence, especially in a much. smaller town, not even a big city. Both. kidnapped in broad daylight after. school, both vanishing without a trace. Authorities said it's like they just. evaporated on their walk home. Not at night, on their walk home in.

daylight. Their last seen locations were. less than a mile apart from each other. They had over 270 people out searching. for both girls, police from neighboring. towns and jurisdictions all coming in to. help, nothing. All there were were just rumors at the. time. In addition to the code, authorities found search results in Na's. devices. They read, "Statute of. limitations for child disappearance. crime, how to calculate the statute of. limitations in elementary kidnapping. case, statute of limitations table, statute of limitations table by crime, elementary school disappearance case.".

And most interestingly, he was looking. up the serial disappearance children. case in Kangjin, which is where they. went missing. But, the biggest piece of evidence in. many netizens' opinion is the room. On the dark web, there's a rumor that. you can visit a red room where you watch. live streams of people who are tortured. and murdered on camera for views, allegedly. Allegedly, this one is yellow. Somi said the room in the VHS tapes, the. ex-wife, she said,

"I've never seen those rooms before. I. don't recognize those rooms, so it. doesn't look like it was happening. inside of our house. It had to have been. somewhere else. Maybe he rented a. different place.". Will you describe the rooms for us? Yellow floors, windows are covered with. newspaper, there were strings, saws, hairpins, and boxes laying around. The information, the description of the. room was never released to the public at. the time, because the police had never. seen the videos the wife saw in the. first place. There was no way for them. to confirm that it even existed, the. tapes or even the room. That is until a.

man named Minsu comes forward. He's an. adult now, but he said he wasn't when he. was. in Na's yellow room. He said Na would take him inside this. two-story red brick house in a room with. yellow floors, newspapers covering the. windows, and he comes forward to tell the. authorities that he and Ha-eun, the. second girl that went missing, were. actually in the same class. All the kids. at the time, even the adults, were. saying it was a ghost that had lured the. two girls out every June. But, Minsu.

knew it wasn't a ghost. It was the. creepy man that lived near the. playground. He would lure the kids to his little. studio and essay them. Min-su said to be fair at the time, Na. didn't seem creepy at all. In fact, he. just seemed like a college-aged older. brother that liked to treat kids like. adults. It's not like some stinky. 60-year-old ahjusshi trying to snatch. kids. He's like the cool guy smoking. cigarettes, drinking soju, and he's. like, "Hey kid, you want to come over. and play games?" What kind of 8-year-old. says no to that? Every day Min-su and Han, the girl that.

goes missing, would have to walk by his. house to get to school. And Min-su said for him it was very. natural. They all started hanging out. Min-su remembered Na would tell him, "If. you want to hang out, play games, and. eat junk food, walk to my house and. knock on the wall. If I hear it and my. parents aren't home, then I'll let you. in.". It's unclear if this was happening in. his parents' house or if he was saying. that to get the kids to feel more. comfortable around him. Because now it's no longer. Yes. And like we're all just kids trying to.

hang out. At first Min-su said he would willingly. go up to Na's house to play games. Then. the essays started. Once that happened, Min-su said he was too scared to say. anything to anyone, but he does start. avoiding Na, and Na would chase him. around town waiting for him. Sometimes. Min-su would get out of school and he'd. be waiting at the door. Would Na essay. Min-su? Yes. And he would film it. We'll get to it. So, he would wait at the door for Min-su. to get out of class. Min-su would try to. run out the back of the school and run.

through the field, and he wasn't even. running in the direction of his home. He. would just run in any direction to get. rid of Na, but Na would always be there. when he comes out of the wood clearing, and he discovered that Na is watching. him with binoculars. Stalking him. It's terrifying. The more Min-su avoided. Na and refused to hang out with him. anymore, the more aggressive Na became. at wanting to essay him. It almost. starts feeling like an obsession. He. says, "I think he had videos of young. children. I think he had explicit videos. with children my age. From then on he.

started molesting me, and he would touch. my private areas while watching these. explicit videos or make me touch him. And then it had progressed into full. essay, and it was honestly so painful. It was very difficult. Min-su states that he was essayed. several times by Na, and there would. always be a camera in the room. Other witnesses came forward. They're. all adults now, but they stated that. when they were a kid, Na would lure them. to their house on the premise of letting. them play games, but he would constantly. watch force them watch explicit videos. of children with him. Some of them stated he kept trying to.

molest them until they ran away. Min-su says, "He always filmed it when. he molested me. Not a camcorder, but you. know those really old old videotapes? The old big tapes that go into the. video? He filmed with that. Like a VHS. recorder. Scary, because he said he was. filming me, and he said he would sell it. on foreign sites or something.". When Min-su was asked why he didn't. report it as a kid and only now reported. as an adult, he said, "Now that I think. about it, I think Mr. Na was very.

obsessed with children. But at the time. when I was a kid, I didn't think like. that. It was only as time passed and I. became an adult and I thought, 'Oh, this. man is likely kidnapping those kids.'". The police had nothing else to go off of. for Min-su's case and the girl's case. They're able to locate the studio that. the videos were allegedly filmed in, and. sure enough, a room like that does exist. in town, and it's near where Min-su said. it was, but there were no tapes left. behind. Just a video recorder.

And Min-su confirmed, "That's the one he. used on me. Like he was filming it." How. is that not enough evidence? Yeah. All of these witness all the all of. these people? Statute of limitations as. well. Oh, so they're no longer even going. after this? It's. in the court of law, victim's stories, especially when so much time has passed, is not believed because the defense. attorney can easily argue that. memories can be edited, altered, changed. over time, or completely false. So, they.

don't have concrete concrete evidence, and the statute of limitations is almost. coming to an end. So, it's not the. highest priority case. Sometimes when there's murders, they. will become higher priority when the it. the statute of limitations is gone for. first-degree murder now in South Korea. But, when it was coming to an end, there. would be like a renewed search, but. this was not that. There was really no evidence to bring to. court, so police resort to the last. option. It's not the best idea, but it's.

usually done when there are no more. ideas left, which is to have Min-su. confront Mr. Na, and hopefully they can. get a response out of him, trigger him. into admitting something. But, when. Min-su goes to meet with him, it's said. that Na just smiled at him leisurely. Just smirked. Min-su said it was so reminiscent of the. smile that Na would give him when he was. essaying him. He was terrified. He felt. like he was a kid again, back in that. studio. He said his whole body, his arms, he. could feel goose bumps starting to come. out. And they did not get a confession.

Until right before Na's release date. from prison. This is the first time he's. in prison. 15 years. Yes, he's about to be released. How is it First of all, how do you kill. someone and then get 15 years? Exactly. So, he's about to be released, and out of the blue, Na states that he. wants to talk to a detective. The. detective goes to visit him in prison, sits down with him, and he allegedly. tells the detective, "You were right. about Min-su. I essayed him, and you. were right about those two girls. I. killed them.". Okay. "Where are their bodies?" "Near the. river." The detective gives him a map.

and watches him draw a circle with his. pointer finger. "Yeah, I left their. bodies there." The detective glances at. the prison officer, because it's time. for the detective to take a trip down to. the river. This is in 2010, okay? He. confesses. So, why is this case still. unsolved? Why is he ultimately released. from prison? The confession he made was not only not. recorded, meaning the detective or the. prison officer did not even write a. report on it at the time. They were so. busy. It was not recorded. No audio or. visual or even written statements. Just.

the officer's memories and now would. argue they were false. He claimed he. never confessed to a single thing and. it's crazy that they're saying he did. He told everyone, "I never said any of. that. I never confessed.". So, it became another he said, she said. back and forth. But, why do you think. she he even tried to confess in the. first place? If netizen speculations are. correct, it seems that he was getting. off on getting away with it. Mhm.

Cuz around this time, I think he knew. that there was no evidence and the. statute of limitations was coming to a I. see. Wow. He gets released from prison in. 2017, walks out a free man, then walks. back into prison accused of kidnapping, essaying, and torturing two little. girls. But, he is free now again in. 2024. What? He only got like 2, 3 years for that. So, he is free? He's free. Is his. identity. No. hidden? Just no. That's all we know. We don't know who he is, his name, his.

face, nothing. Nothing. And the reason that he ends up in jail. the second time is so reminiscent of. everything else that people have been. saying about him, kidnapping, essay, and. the fact that um a lot of netizens. believe he went after a woman who, according to her mother, has the quote. mental capacity of a 6-year-old. It just all of that seems really. disturbing. Now, there is no statute of. limitations for disappearances, meaning.

if you disappear, the police will, hopefully, in theory, conceptually, look. for you indefinitely. There is no. statute of limitations for that. However, if they find you and you have. been kidnapped and essayed, there is a. statute of limitations for kidnapping. and essay. There's even a statute of. limitations for murder at the time. It. was 15 years. So, if they find your body. after 16 years, the killer is getting away with it. It's. almost like a challenge for killers. It was thankfully abolished in the.

National Assembly in South Korea. Um one. of the policy makers said, "Just the. fact that a criminal can be punished at. any time can give hope to a victim." So, in 2015, the law is passed abolishing. the statute of limitations for. first-degree murder, but it does not. apply retroactively, which side note, I. believe they abolished of limitations. for a lot of other crimes as well. But. for first-degree murder, because it's. abolished in 2015, if it's been 15 years. since you committed murder, it does not. apply to you. Only moving forward. Yes, but if it's been 14 years,

it's not it's forever now. Like you can. get caught anytime. But if it's 15 years, if it's past the. 15-year mark, then you're free. Halan was kidnapped in 2001. If Nae's. guilty, then his statute of limitations. is up 2016. Meaning, if he is found. guilty of murdering Halan, he could. still be punished for it. But they don't have Halan's body, and typically, you need a body to prove. that it was first-degree murder, which. is very different from things like.

second-degree murder. So, you're saying they only had one No. The other case is past the statute of. limitations. Oh, okay. So, only one of. the girls. Only one. It seems like it's a very unlikely and. very hard mountain to climb, regardless. of if it is Nae or Nae or somebody else. It seems really hard to bring justice at. this point. But Nae, whether you believe he's guilty. or not of murdering the two girls, he. was still found guilty of murdering his. brother-in-law and kidnapping and. essaying a woman with intellectual.

disabilities, and he is a free man. Side. note, remember the code he was using? Still using it in prison. He had added. 200 pages of code into his diary. So, what has he been writing? It could be. plans for all we know. Now, there are supporters of NAW who. believe that he did not do this. They. state there were no sightings of him. with the kids. There were no sightings. of him at the site of the disappearances. or even nearby. There were no people. coming forward right after the crime. took place. So, how do we know it's him? We're just ruining a good man's life for.

no reason. We're just bothering him. But, the biggest supporter for NAW is. his mom. Producers from a separate show. were able to get in contact with her and. she told them, "Don't even talk about. what happened in Khon Kaen. You don't. know anything about it at all. Our baby. is not someone who would do that. Don't. go around talking like this just because. our baby is in prison. What do you know? Do you have evidence?" My baby? Yeah. Yeah, full-grown man. Convicted of. murder at one point. But, she says my. baby. Most of the people that were asked. about NAW had nothing but good things to. say about him because they were all.

adults. Experts say with most child. essayers, they could be very well-liked. or even highly regarded in the. neighborhood because they only commit. crimes with people they can control and. typically that's not fellow adults. Typically, those are children or someone. with disabilities. They're the most. vulnerable. One of the detectives working the case. said, "Honestly, NAW may not really be. the killer. Which if that's the case, I. would really wish that he would explain. then why he's not the killer. I would.

hope that he voluntarily steps up and. explains the parts he can explain such. as, 'Oh, what kind of videotape it was?'. or at the time his ex-wife is referring. to this or that, whether it actually. existed, where he was at certain. points." But, he doesn't do any of that. If he can explain why it's not him, we. would spend energy to verify the claims. that it's not him for ABC reasons and. exclude him from the suspect list. Finally, rule him out and spend more. energy and resources searching for the. actual culprit. But, he's not doing. that. All he did was confess and then retract.

and since then he has not spoken about. it. But, netizens are not so forgiving. A. lot of netizens said the math is not. mathing. It's not adding up. If it was. maybe just his ex-wife, then that's one. thing. Maybe it's like an ex-wife who. hates him. But the details she gave. about the tapes are oddly specific. Then. Min-su comes forward, another victim. that stated they experienced essay from. that, and they have matching. descriptions of the room. Mhm. That's. weird. His codes, the camera with no. footage found. I mean, they stated it's.

just too many coincidences, and clearly. this is a man that is capable of murder, essay, and kidnapping because he was. convicted of those crimes, just not for. these specific cases. So, it seems, I mean, it seems pretty damning. One netizen. comments, "When he comes out, he will. essay and murder again. Pedophilia is. incurable, and these monsters are going. to keep doing it. Wake up, you idiots. who defend him.". Other netizens argue, "Sure, we can. debate if he did kill those two girls or. not, but he did kill his brother-in-law. He did essay and try to kidnap a person.

with intellectual disabilities. He did. admit briefly to molesting Min-su and. then retracting the statement. I mean, even if he's not guilty of what he's. being accused of, he's pretty freaking. guilty for what he has confirmed he's. done.". Others just argue that he should be. surgically castrated. Others argue. sarcastically, "I mean, even if he's. done all these things, guys, we need to. rehabilitate him and make him adapt back. into society.". It's sarcasm and um a pain point for the. fact that he was released after 15.

years. Mhm, let's see. Someone just. commented, "That's why nobody is having. kids anymore in this country. Why have. kids in a place like this?" Another. angry Korean netizen commented, "Our. country is a great place to live if. you're a criminal.". Hayan's dad, the second girl that goes. missing, said, "My daughter is still. breathing among us, with us. She doesn't. speak, but my daughter is still by my. side, inside of me.". "If my daughter was still here, she. would be 30 years old." Had she not. vanished, the family's life would. probably be very different from what it. is now. Hayan's dad still regularly.

checks welfare facilities and hospitals. to see if she might be living somewhere. He said the best hope that can get him. through the day is that his daughter was. in some sort of unknown accident, had. amnesia, and did not know how to get. back home. And he has to go find her and. bring her home. He said once my daughter went through. puberty, she was probably had lost a lot. of the physical characteristics that I. remember of her. I feel like she's even. more lost now because if her appearance. has changed too much, she'll be that.

much harder to find. Song-ju's mom, the mother of the first. little girl that went missing, she keeps. her front door to her house wide open. They said if she ever gets there while. they're asleep or while they're not. home, they want her to feel like she can. come inside, that she's home now and. she's safe. They have never locked the. door since the day she vanished. They. keep it open. They keep her room exactly the same, textbooks stacked on her desk, bed made. She said it feels appropriate because. for her family it feels like time has.

been frozen since she vanished. They. can't throw away her clothes in case she. returns, which they know is silly. because even if she were to walk in the. door right now, she'd be 30. She can't. fit those clothes. But they can't not keep it. In one of the tiny little jacket. pockets, she has a neatly folded bill, cash. The producers asked, "Why did you put. money in your daughter's jacket pocket?". I put money in there so she won't lack. money wherever she is. She can buy candy. wherever she is. If there's one thing I could say to my.

daughter, it'd be, "Let's not meet too. late. Let's meet as soon as possible if. we can.". And that is the case of the alleged. snuff filmmaker in South Korea. What are your thoughts on this case? I. mean, even the documentary episodes feel like. movies. It was crazy. I have never heard. of a case like this. It was actually. recommended by one of our Korean. researchers, and she was saying, "It's. crazy. I mean, it's I was watching your. bae um and I was like, this sounds like. the case in Korea.

What are your thoughts? Do you think. he's guilty? Please leave it in the comments and. please stay safe. I'll see you guys in. the next one. Bye.