Woman Found Dead in Cafe Freezer in Paju; Owner Arrested

Missing Person Report Filed in Seoul on the 4th

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By Lee Yu-jinreal@sedaily.com
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A woman in her 60s was found dead in the freezer storage room of a cafe in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, and police have arrested the cafe's owner and are investigating the case.

According to the Paju Police Station on the 7th, a missing person report was filed in Seoul early on the 4th of this month for a woman in her 60s, identified as A.

Police tracing her whereabouts found her body the same day in the freezer storage room of a cafe in Munsan-eup, Paju.

Police identified a man in his 40s, identified as B, who runs the cafe, as a suspect and apprehended him in Seoul the same day. Police then sought an arrest warrant on the 5th on charges of murder and disposing of a body, and the court issued the warrant the previous day.

Police believe B confined A in the storage room and killed her, and are investigating the relationship between the two, the motive for the crime and the exact circumstances of her death.

Original reporting by Lee Yu-jin for Seoul Economic Daily.

AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

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