Overview
- The Chungbuk Provincial Police Agency said the body was found around 8 p.m. Thursday inside a sack at a waste disposal facility in Cheongju.
- Investigators say the ex-partner, surnamed Kim and in his 50s, confessed to killing the woman and to hiding the body at a client's business site.
- Authorities plan to upgrade the initial involuntary manslaughter booking to a murder charge following the confession.
- Security footage traced the victim’s SUV to reservoirs on Oct. 14 and later showed Kim driving it toward a lake.
- Police recovered the SUV from a lake in Cheongju on Wednesday and are holding Kim in custody for further questioning.