He also confessed to over 30 rapes and attempted rapes across the countryside, giving police a detailed account of incidents and locations.ДЇrom his confession, police managed to piece together a string of crimes that stretched over eight years, which had unknowingly been stopped by his arrest and conviction in 1994. Lee eventually confessed to a total of 15 murders besides the one for which he had been convicted, including the 1988 copycat killing which had been attributed to Yoon, as well as the murders of two women which had occurred during 19 in the city of Cheongju, in a neighbouring province. The Hwaseong native was in his mid-50s, and had been serving a life sentence since 1994 for the rape and murder of his sister-in-law. Semen had been discovered on most of the bodies, but with forensic science still in its infancy, police were only able to determine the blood type of the perpetrator, and none of the samples collected returned any conclusive results. One had been penetrated by an umbrella, another had peach slices inserted into her body. Most of the women had their genitals mutilated in some way, horrifying investigators. Many of them were bound and gagged with their underwear or socks. The killer had strangled them all, either using his hands or pieces of their clothing. Over the next year, the bodies of six more women, aged between 19 and 54, were discovered around Hwaseong, left in canals, by river embankments and in a paddy field. She had been strangled on her way back from visiting her daughter. On Sept 15, 1986, the body of a 71-year-old woman was found in a field. Hwaseong itself straddled the urban-rural divide, with a growing urban area surrounded by rice paddy fields and farmhouses. The killings began in late 1986, just as the country was undergoing an economic shift, with many people moving from the rural areas into the cities in search of employment and a better life. Many believed the killer could have been among the audience members, watching the film to relive his crimes.Д«ut unbeknownst to anyone at the time of the filmвЂ™s release, the killer had already been caught.

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