A phone call after 7 years and a closed villa door... Tracing two stories

A man, referred to by the pseudonym Mr. Na, who was identified as a strong suspect in the past series of elementary school student disappearances in Gangjin, has contacted the production team of SBS ‘Curious Story Y’. He stated that the past broadcast content was the exact opposite of his report and expressed a desire to meet the production team at the time to explain. Meanwhile, Mina (pseudonym) and her husband, who have been in South Korea for 8 years after coming from Vietnam, have been staying at a friend's house for three weeks, having vacated their home due to a grandmother living on the first floor of the same villa obstructing their entry and demanding they vacate.

Mr. Na, who contacted the production team, said that he was mentioned in a past broadcast, stating, “The content of that broadcast back then was completely the opposite of the reported facts.

I will find the evidence materials within a few days,

and I want to meet the PD or writer who produced that broadcast to explain it to them.” He said he is using a public telephone because his circumstances are difficult and asked the production team to remember him. The production team introduced him as a person who has contacted them directly for the first time in 7 years. The broadcast will listen to Mr. Na's explanation again, while also covering the cases of two young girls who disappeared in succession in Gangjin in 2000 and 2001, and the details confirmed during the police investigation at the time.

2000 and 2001, two children who disappeared on their way home from school

The series of elementary school student disappearances in Gangjin, Jeollanam-do, occurred in 2000 and 2001, with a one-year interval. Two young girls, who had not been in elementary school for long, disappeared on their ordinary way home from school. The police conducted a massive search, but no traces of the children were found. At the time, the police heard a witness report that a man seemed to be riding children on a bicycle, but they could not identify who that man was. The disappearance cases drew attention again when Mr. Na's name surfaced during the investigation of a subsequent murder case.

Mr. Na was arrested and investigated on charges of murdering the younger brother of his wife, whom he was preparing to divorce. At that time, his ex-wife testified that a young girl was captured on a video tape that was in the house. According to the explanation from the investigating police, one child appeared on the tape, and while there were no bruises on the face at first, in the next scene, bruises were visible or the posture changed. The ex-wife testified that it seemed to have been filmed over several days, and there were scenes of attempting sexual assault and scenes of cursing at the girl to behave well. It was not confirmed in the materials whether this testimony is related to the children who disappeared in Gangjin.

The undiscovered video tape and Mr. Na's contact

After discovering the problematic tape, the ex-wife had a dispute with Mr. Na, and after Mr. Na took the tape and left, his whereabouts became unknown. The police discovered a camera during the search and seizure process, but they could not find the video tape. The broadcast preview reported that while Mr. Na was imprisoned, he sent a letter to his family requesting that they burn everything in his room, including the computer and other items. Although the camera was found, the tape has disappeared, and there is no video material left to confirm the ex-wife's testimony.

The production team stated that Mr. Na was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the charge of murdering his brother-in-law, and after being released, he served another 8 years for committing a sex crime against a woman with an intellectual disability. In this phone call, he claimed that the content of the past broadcast was different from the report and said he would find evidence materials to meet the production team. However, whether he actually found the materials or what he explained in the broadcast was not included in the preview materials. Using Mr. Na's contact as an opportunity, the production team re-examined the existence of the missing tape, the ex-wife's testimony, and the camera and search and seizure details confirmed in the police investigation.

A couple who vacated their home due to the first-floor grandmother's demand to vacate

Mina and her husband had been staying at a friend's house for three weeks after experiencing repeated demands to vacate from a grandmother living on the first floor of the same villa, who is not the landlord. The grandmother would visit regardless of the time, shouting loudly and telling them to leave the house, and there was even a time when she locked the common entrance door, preventing the couple from entering the building. Mina said the grandmother cursed, saying, “Get out of here! Go back to your country!

You are making our country dirty.” The production team reported that the grandmother is not even the landlord of the house where Mina and her husband live.

Mina's couple was not the only tenant who left the house because of the grandmother. A former tenant met by the production team was also a foreigner. He said the grandmother would visit even at dawn, knock on the door, and curse, and he eventually moved away with his young child. The former tenant said, “Everyone who came fought with the grandmother.

No one could enter.

Even the landlord couldn't do anything, so they just left it as an empty house.” According to the broadcast preview, Mina's couple was the only one left as tenants left one after another. The production team investigated whether the grandmother only demanded eviction from foreign tenants or if there were other reasons.

The landlord's attempt to resolve the issue and the production team's accompaniment

The broadcast preview reported that even when the landlord stepped forward to resolve the problem directly, the grandmother adamantly prevented the tenant from living in the house. The testimony of the former tenant was introduced, stating that although the landlord tried to give the house to the tenant, there were cases where it was left empty due to the grandmother's opposition. The production team set out with Mina and her husband to find clues to solve the problem. The coverage includes whether the couple can return to their home and how the padlock blocking the common entrance and the repeated demands to vacate can be resolved.

‘Curious Story Y’ covered Mr. Na's tip-off call and the Gangjin elementary student disappearance case, and the process of Mina and her husband trying to return home, in one episode. The broadcast preview stated that it will air on Friday, October 9, at 8:50 PM.

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