‘Smoking Gun’ deals with the Jeong Du-yeong robbery and murder case.

On April 12, 2000, an urgent call came in saying, “There was a robbery at my house, and I think my wife was taken hostage.” The police immediately dispatched the suspect and managed to catch him while he was running away. He was Jeong Du-yeong, a man in his 30s. He was the same suspect who was wanted on KBS‘25 Hours of Public Wanted Cases’. The police, who were questioning him about his additional crimes, were shocked to hear Jeong Du-yeong‘s confession.

He was a serial killer who committed five robberies and murders in the Busan and Ulsan areas from 1999 to 2000, killing a total of nine people. He also used hammers, baseball bats, and kitchen knives indiscriminately to kill in an unprecedentedly brutal manner. Jung Doo-young committed crimes and mercilessly killed only rich families with the goal of saving 1 billion won and starting a family. One unusual thing was that during the crime, he spared a mother who was raising a 17-month-old baby.

Ahn Hyun-mo was astonished, saying, “It’s hard to believe that he would have thought of starting a normal family while harming other people‘s families.” Lee Ji-hye said, “It’s horrible to think how many more victims there would have been if Jung Doo-young hadn‘t been caught,” and continued, “The mother who had the courage to catch the criminal who almost took not only her life but also her baby’s life is amazing.”

Jung Doo-young is also famous as the role model for the infamous serial killer Yoo Young-chul. Why did he indiscriminately kill people? We will hear the whole story of the case with Lee Jae-gil, the chief of investigation at Busan Saha Police Station who actually directed the case, and analyze Jeong Du-yeong‘s psychology with Lee Kwang-min, a psychiatrist.

The serial murders that terrified the entire Busan and Ulsan area, ‘Jeong Du-yeong robbery and murder case’, can be seen on KBS2’s ‘Smoking Gun’ on Tuesday, March 18 at 10 p.m.

Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com reporter yyynnn@donga.com

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