Case overview
Yoo Young-chul murdered multiple people in Seoul between 2003 and 2004. He was arrested in July 2004, convicted of twenty murders, and sentenced to death. However, no money was taken, which confused the police investigators. [1]
After he admitted to the murders of multiple people, mostly women in the sex trade and wealthy old couples, the Seoul Central District Court convicted him of 20 murders, although one case was dismissed when it turned out that the crime had been committed by another serial killer, Jeong Nam-gyu. Prosecutors requested the death penalty, for which Yoo thanked them, and Yoo was sentenced to death on 13 December 2004 for 20 counts of murder (the count of murder for the woman in Imun-dong in February 2004 was thrown out). From September to November 2003, Yoo killed several wealthy senior citizens by breaking into their houses and bludgeoning each of them with a hammer. [2]
