Overview

• Authorities say the assault occurred about 30 minutes after her final stream from Yeongjong Island in Incheon.
• Her body was found on a mountainside in Muju, more than 200 kilometers away, with signs of strangulation and other injuries.
• The suspect, identified as Choi and roughly in his 50s, initially denied involvement before confessing after police located the body and gathered evidence.
• Security cameras captured Choi pleading with Yoon and preventing her from leaving a vehicle, and investigators say he posed as a tech entrepreneur despite heavy debts and a threatened foreclosure.
• Police are examining reports that her body was transported in a suitcase and are reviewing a similar 2024 case alongside complaints from other creators.