Son stores father's body in kimchi fridge... ”due to inheritance dispute with stepmother” = Korea

A man in his 40s who had kept the body of his father in his 70s, who died in 2023, in a kimchi refrigerator for one year and seven months was arrested. The son was at a disadvantage in a battle for inheritance rights with his stepmother when his father died.
On the 23rd, the Icheon Police Station in Gyeonggi Province announced that they had arrested suspect A on suspicion of concealing the body.
In April 2023, suspect A visited the home of his father, Mr. B, who lived alone in Icheon City, and discovered his father dead. He wrapped the body in a plastic bag and put it in the kimchi refrigerator.
He is accused of storing the documents for one year and seven months. Suspect A went to the police station with his lawyer in November last year and turned himself in. Suspect A was in the middle of a lawsuit following the death of his father, and was seeking a settlement on his assets.
It was confirmed that the crime was committed out of concern that the detrimental effects would occur to the deceased. The deceased Ms. B had been in the midst of a divorce and property division lawsuit with Ms. C, whom she remarried, since July 2022.
The death of party B during the lawsuit puts the lawsuit in a position where it can no longer be brought to an end. In this case, the spouse C will have the right to inherit.
C was entitled to inherit a certain share of B's other property that was not subject to the property division.
The house where the son, suspect A, lives is also said to be owned by the deceased Mr. B. Suspect A told the police, "If it becomes known that my father has died, the lawsuit will end and I will be at a disadvantage.
After the crime committed by suspect A, the lawsuit between Mr. B and Mr. C was continued through legal representatives, and in April of last year, one year after Mr. B's death,
The Supreme Court handed down its final ruling in 2016. During that time, it was reported that suspect A had been exchanging messages with C on B's mobile phone while concealing the fact that their father had died.
However, in October last year, a relative reported Ms. B missing and a police investigation began, and about a month later, Suspect A decided to turn himself in.
On the 22nd of this month, the Yeoju Branch of the Suwon District Court issued a preliminary arrest warrant for suspect A on suspicion of concealing the body.
The court explained the reason for issuing the warrant as "there is a risk of flight and the crime is serious."
A police official said, "The suspect initially stated that he abandoned the body in September 2023.
However, as a result of the investigation, it was finally confirmed that the body had been abandoned in April of the same year. "The autopsy revealed no direct evidence of homicide, so we plan to send the case only for concealment of the body," he said.
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