Police offers cash reward for Choi Jin Shil’s grave robber
The Korean police have released more footage and pictures of the grave robber who stole Choi Jin Shil's ashes. They have also offered a cash reward, open to the public, in the hopes that the culprit can be apprehended as soon as possible.
In a press conference by the police on the 24th, the culprit was actually at Choi Jin Shil's burial site on 1st August at around 8pm to survey the area. The following day, on 2nd August, that man appeared again at Choi Jin Shil's burial site at 6am in the morning, loitering for more than 10 hours, before finally setting down to steal Choi Jin Shil's urn. (Why wasn't he spotted by the caretaker then?)
The police expressed that because of the negative impact that it is creating and the need to crack this case as soon as possible, they are offering a cash reward of 3 million Korean won and also assembled a 31-man strong investigation team for this case.
We can see clearly from the released CCTV footage, that the man is around 30 - 50 years old, 170 - 175cm tall, and was wearing a light colored jacket, dark colored t-shirt, and looked pretty well-built. The police also revealed that they will soon be releasing drawn sketches of the criminal, based on the CCTV footage, and release it all over the country, so that the culprit can be apprehended as soon as possible and recover Choi Jin Shil's ashes.
Many thanks to YounhoDPARK for tip and kangdong @ chosun for video.
24 Aug 2009 - 01:10 AM
1. natalietran | website
i hope they find her ashes soon. :/