송도 재활용센터의 끔찍한 발견, 미궁에 빠진 비극의 실마리를 찾아서 > 뉴스

The incident began on the afternoon of the 10th at the Living Resources Recovery Center in Songdo International City, Incheon. The body part discovered during sorting was the leg below the knee, which was wrapped in bandages at the time. As a result of immediate measurements taken by the police at the scene, it was confirmed that the length from the heel to the tip of the leg was approximately 41 cm, and the length of the sole was approximately 210 mm. As a result of the initial analysis by the National Institute of Forensic Science, the discovered body was determined to be that of a woman, but there are limitations in specifying the exact age or time of death due to the state of decomposition and the shrinkage that occurred during the drying process after amputation. Due to the small size of the feet, some have raised the possibility that the victim is a minor or a student. Accordingly, the police are making all-out efforts to secure the identity of the victim, including requesting a full investigation of long-term absentees from elementary, middle, and high schools in the Incheon area.

The key to the police investigation is to find out through which route these body parts entered the recovery center. The center is a facility that processes approximately 50 tons of recyclables per day collected from residential and commercial areas in Yeonsu-gu and Jung-gu, Incheon. The police are focusing their investigative efforts on identifying 34 collection vehicles brought into the center on the day of the incident and closely analyzing their vehicle black boxes, travel routes, and CCTV near the collection area. However, the problem is that the scope of the collection area is too wide, and due to the nature of the recycling process in which numerous wastes are mixed, it is technically very difficult to trace back the exact location and time of discharge. An investigation headquarters with 64 members has been formed and continues to conduct interrogations and video analysis 24 hours a day, but the pace of the investigation is slow as no conclusive physical evidence or additional body parts have yet been found.

이번 사건이 더욱 미궁으로 빠져드는 이유는 과거 발생했던 유사 사건들과의 기시감 때문입니다. The case of a mutilated body found on the Ara Waterway in Incheon in 2020 is a painful case that remained as an unsolved case without the identity of the victim being revealed, despite a nationwide investigation of over 500,000 missing and non-returning persons at the time. In this Songdo incident, there is also a lot of concern that the nightmare of that time will be repeated, given that only part of the body was found, not the entire body, and fingerprints, which are crucial clues to identification, were not secured. As the difficulty of the investigation is as high as the brutality of the crime, the police are taking a highly strategic approach to narrow the scope of the investigation by reviewing records of past similar incidents.

사건의 파장이 커지면서 지역 사회는 긴장감에 휩싸여 있습니다. In particular, as the possibility that the victim was a student was mentioned, the anxiety of schools and parents at all levels is reaching its peak, and the Office of Education is also reexamining the management manual and making every effort to identify the whereabouts of students with unrecognized absences. Front-line teachers are busy checking the safety of students by contacting parents, but so far, no unusual details directly related to this incident have been discovered. Rather than making unreasonable guesses, the police plan to continue the investigation by keeping all possibilities open through on-site investigation through analysis of the vehicle's movements and the detailed analysis results of the National Institute of Forensic Science. 결국 이 사건의 실마리는 과학적 감식과 끈질긴 현장 수사의 결합을 통해서만 풀릴 수 있을 것입니다.