S Korean man arrested in killing of 5 family members

ANN/THE KOREA HERALD – A man in his 50s suspected of killing five of his family members via strangulation has officially been arrested, after a local court issued the warrant for his detention Thursday afternoon. At around 5:15 p.m.

Suwon District Court issued the warrant, citing risks of flight or destruction of evidence. In an incident that sent shock waves throughout the country, the suspect allegedly killed five members of his family at around 9:55 a.m.



on Tuesday at his home: his parents, wife and two daughters. The suspect fled to another one of his residences in the adjacent city of Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, but was captured by police in the city. It was found that he had left a note saying “I’ll kill everyone and myself.

” The suspect allegedly informed police officials that the crime stemmed from financial problems. It was disclosed earlier on Thursday that the murder method is thought to have been via strangulation. According to the Yeongin Seobu Police Station, the National Forensic Service told investigators the mass killing appears to have been a “typical case of death by strangulation.

” This was in keeping with the preliminary suspicion by police, who found signs of strangulation on the victims along with evidence suggesting they had ingested sleeping pills..