Jeong Nam-gyu

Jeong Nam-gyu
Born (1969-03-01)March 1, 1969
Jangsu County, South Korea
Died November 22, 2009(2009-11-22) (aged 40)
South Korea
Cause of death Suicide
Criminal penalty Death
Conviction(s) Murder
Details
Victims 14
Span of crimes
2004–2006
Country South Korea

Jeong Nam-gyu (born March 1, 1969 in Jangsu County - November 22, 2009 in Uiwang) was a South Korean serial killer, who from 2004 to 2006 killed 14 people.

Crimes

On January 14, 2004 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, he kidnapped, raped and then murdered two people. He then continued to murder people in Gyeonggi and Seoul, including the murder of a woman returning home late at night.[1] He murdered mainly in the souther part of Seoul, including Shin-gil, Guro and Gwanak. The reason why he killed a male elementary school student after sexually assaulting him was that he himself was abused by a man as a child.[2]

On April 26, 2006, he was arrested by a police officer at the end of a fight in which he tried to kill a man and his father. Subsequent investigations revealed that he also murdered Lee Moon-dong. On April 12, 2007, he was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court and detained in Seoul Detention Center.

On the morning of November 21, 2009, a jail employee discovered Jeong Nam-gyu had attempted to hang himself from a noose made from a plastic bag. He was rushed to the hospital, but died the following morning.[3]

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