The exact cause of death remains unknown for a missing woman found dead on Jeju due to body decomposition, police said Monday. Her body was found last Monday at a palm tree farm near an accommodation facility she had stayed at, months after she was reported missing in May. The case has drawn scrutiny after a police officer allegedly closed it without confirming her safety. Police are reexamining about 310,000 closed missing-person cases from the past three years.
National Police Agency Commissioner Yoo Jae-sung, first from right, and National Office of Investigation chief Hong Seok-ki, along with other senior police officials, apologize to the public over the mishandling of a missing-person case in Jeju during a meeting at the Government Complex Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap
The exact cause of death remains unknown for a missing woman who was recently found dead on the southern resort island of Jeju due to body decomposition, a senior police official said Monday.
The body of the victim, identified by her surname Jang, was discovered last Monday at a palm tree farm near an accommodation facility she had stayed at, months after she was first reported missing by her boyfriend in May.
The case has faced intense scrutiny after a police officer was found to have closed her case without confirming her safety. The officer allegedly lied to the boyfriend that he had spoken with her and that he was asked not to share her location.
