Yoon - name is not being issued based on the law that protects the privacy South Korean criminals and suspects - is the only person ever convicted of the called Hwaseong murders, one of South Korea's most infamous serial killing cases. He was released in 2008 after he had spent five years in prison for the sake of the murder and robbery of a 20 For 13 years I was in 1988, with the police, suspecting his purpose, who, when they saw that there was a copycat killing.
On Thursday, Gyeonggi Nambu Provicial latest Agency chief Bae Yong-u, said authorities have concluded that 57-year-old Lee Chun-Jae was responsible for all 10 killings took place between 1986 and 1991 in Hwaseong, then a rural area near the South Korean capital Seoul .
The announcement follows the police averted a probe was launched last year after new DNA that cause a cold Lee together with at least some of the killings. After that Lee confessed all 10 Hwaseong their murders, 34 rapes and four murders, police said.
On Thursday, admitted that the initial investigation into the 1989 Bae, Yoon police made an attack on him and coerced to make a false confession. An official written record is to be noted that the present Yoon profession is - but on Thursday, Bae said that it is not the case.
"We bow and apologize to the victims of crimes Chun-Jae, the families of the victims, and victims of police investigations, including Yoon," Bae said Thursday saw others had suffered a "corrupt police" in the initial investigation Hwaseong.
Kim Chil, James and others Hwaseong attorney defended the suspects, many previously told CNN that often they are searching for.
Bae said seven officers and officials and judges involved in the initial investigation into Yoon been formally investigated for abuse of power and unlawful detention. Under South Korean law, the statute of limitations has run out on the case, the leaders of all charges can not be challenged.
And some nine rapes and murder Lee committed 14 passed a so-called prosecutors' office. But Lee can not be accused of any of these cases, the statute of limitations, which expired etc.
Lee is already serving a life sentence for the 1994 murder and robbery of his sister-in-law, Daejeon from the Ministry of Justice of the eunuchs, and South Korea's.
On Friday, Yoon Lee said police had told CNN that he was relieved to hear Hwaseong after the murder, including single and went to jail. A retrial is cited as cause - South Korea and the rarity; for example, there is only a small fraction of the applications that are received retrial. If the Van Trappen is swept out by a different opinion, will not be able to apply for a classroom.
Yoon was essentially feel better once retrial.
"I feel frustrated about the long years (without equity)," he said. "If the officials who interrogated excuse me, I feel better.
"More than owe me an apology, an apology to the people think they ought to officials from South Korea. Can you imagine how many people could be treated unfairly or wrongfully charged by the police in the past few years?"
