Overview

• The Daejeon District Court found Myeong Jae-wan guilty under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, including abduction-related offenses.
• Prosecutors had sought the death penalty, but the court imposed life imprisonment and ordered 30 years of electronic monitoring.
• The court said Myeong targeted a weaker victim to vent anger tied to family conflict and difficulties returning to work.
• According to the verdict, she lured Kim Ha-neul into a school room by offering a book and fatally stabbed her with a prepared knife in February.
• Investigators reported she had damaged a school computer and assaulted a colleague days earlier, and the education office dismissed her in April in a separate administrative action.