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On September 27, 1972, a 9-year-old girl, the daughter of the chief of Chuncheon police station, was found dead after she walked out of her home to visit a comic book shop. While there were bloodstains, it was difficult to identify the murderer because genetic testing was not yet available. After hearing the report, then-President Park Chung Hee directed his subordinates to find the murderer within 10 days, or they would face punishment. On October 10th, the police arrested Won-Sup Jung, the owner of the bookstore.

According to the police department, Jung, who had sexually harassed girls and assaulted female employees of the bookstore, raped and murdered the victim out of fear of getting caught. In addition to this report, the police claimed to have obtained his confession. During the trials, Jung claimed his innocence, but his voice went unheard, and he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

After serving 15 years in prison, Jung was released in 1999. Even after the release, Jung continued to claim his innocence, stating that the police fabricated evidence and tortured him to force him to testify. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigated this incident in 2005 and uncovered that the tortures Jung mentioned were existing methods and, secured a statement from a police officer who had witnessed similar torture in a different case at the time. According to him, the torture included sleep deprivation and the waterboarding method.

The Commission also uncovered that the employees he was falsely accused of sexually harassing were forced to make false statements. During this process, their clothes were completely stripped off, and they were subjected to group beatings and captivity.

Additionally, the criminal’s actual bloodstain was also found. At the time of the original investigation, the National Forensic Service revealed that the blood type was Type A, but Jung’s actual blood type was Type B. The investigation team found not only the past records from the National Forensic Service but also newspaper articles stating that the criminal’s blood type was Type A.

In November 2007, a new trial was conducted in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s request for a retrial. After being acquitted in the first trial in 2008 and the second trial in 2009, the Supreme Court of Korea confirmed the second trial’s acquittal on October 27, 2011, finally clearing Jung’s name after 36 years of fighting for justice due to wrongful conviction for rape and murder.

Unfortunately, Jung passed away at the age of 89 in 2021 after enduring a chronic illness resulting from the aftereffects of torture.