Charged with murdering 23-year-old�Cho Joong Pil, stabbing him multiple times inside a Burger King restroom in Itaewon back in 1997, the Super Court claimed, "There is no shadow of a doubt that Mr. Patterson has indeed killed the victim with the weapon. �Thus, it is decided to sentence the suspect to 20 years in prison as originally ruled."
The maximum sentence for someone under 18 is 20 years and since Arthur Patterson was 17-years-old at the time of the crime, he received the maximum 20 years.
According to investigators, there were two reasons why Edward Lee was named a suspect at that time, one being his height and weight. �From the autopsy, they stated that the suspect had to be much taller than the victim. �However, Patterson was much shorter than the victim, whereas Lee was taller. �Now, it is believed that the victim crouched, which would match up with the shorter person Patterson stabbing the victim.
Second, was the results of the lie detector. �Edward Lee's test results came out clean, while Patterson came out with many false answers, raising many questions. �Unable to find any clear evidence, Edward Lee was found innocent of all charges, which then lead the investigation to shift to Patterson as being the main suspect. �
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