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However, it has been confirmed that this man was also questioned by the police once in the early morning of today (26th) before the abduction of the victim. The woman reported being assaulted and was investigated, but the police released the man and he committed the crime afterwards. It is pointed out that the crime could have been prevented if the police had taken more aggressive protective measures.

Reporter Bomi Kim covered it exclusively.

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At around 4 a.m. today, more than four hours before the
crime, the victim pulled into the parking lot and entered the PC café building.

The male suspect is also in and out of the PC café building.

At around 3:5 a.m., the two meet in front of a PC café, and then at about 20:5 p.m., on the road in front of the mall, the two walk down the sidewalk.

Thirteen minutes later, at 24:13.

The woman urgently calls somewhere, and the man who rushes over stops her, dragging her into an alley and disappearing.

Matching the time of the call to the police, the victim screamed urgently, saying that she had been "beaten a few weeks ago" and asked to be "located."

The two argued back and forth between the median and the sidewalk, and the victim reported to the police that she had been assaulted at this time.

Police took the two men to the constabulary for questioning and sent the man and the woman home at 5:37 and 6:11 a.m., respectively.

The man who was released first was waiting in the underground parking lot, and then retaliated 7 minutes after the victim left the station.

[Reporter: (Coming back) I did some digging and I think I did something and checked the (woman's) car.]

Therefore, it is pointed out that the crime could have been prevented if the police had taken active measures to protect the victim.

In response, the police explained possible safety measures, such as wearing a smartwatch that could track their location in the event of an emergency, but they said they did not want to.

(Video reporter: Yoon Hyung, Lee Sang-hak, Video editing: Park Ji-in)

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