Ahn Hyun-mo Shocked by Chainsaw Motel Murder Case: “How Could It Be So Brutally Done?”
On the March 4 broadcast of KBS2’s “Smoking Gun” (tentative title), the brutal “Chainsaw Murder Case” involving a woman who met her victim through a dating app was revealed. The guests on the show expressed their disbelief and shock at the extreme brutality of the perpetrator. They were visibly disturbed by the horrifying details of the case, unable to comprehend how someone could commit such a violent and gruesome act.
On May 31, 2014, a suspicious suitcase was reported on the side of a road in the Namdong Industrial Complex in Incheon. When the zipper was opened, a disfigured male torso was found inside. The body had been meticulously severed, apparently with a chainsaw, and was in a state of decay. The victim was identified as 51-year-old Kim Hyun-sang (pseudonym), who had gone missing five days earlier after leaving home for a job interview.
Police investigation revealed that the last person Kim Hyun-sang met was a 35-year-old woman named Park Hyun-ah (pseudonym), whom he had met on a dating app. The two had gone to a remote motel, and CCTV footage showed Park leaving the motel alone, with no sign of Kim Hyun-sang afterward. Park Hyun-ah was the primary suspect, and further investigation revealed that she used the victim’s credit card to purchase expensive jewelry, along with a chainsaw and trolley. When she was apprehended, the victim’s blood and tools used in the crime were found in her car.
Ahn Hyun-mo was horrified, saying, “How could she commit such a brutal murder with a chainsaw when there was no apparent motive?” while actress Lee Ji-hye added, “If Park Hyun-ah had not been quickly apprehended, it’s unimaginable what could have happened next.”
The episode also featured former detective Im Sang-do from the Incheon Namdong Police Station, who oversaw the investigation, and psychiatrist Cha Seung-min, who analyzed the psychological profile of the bizarre and grotesque murderer, Park Hyun-ah.
