Yoo Young-chul
| Yoo Young-Chul | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 18, 1970 Gochang, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea |
| Other names | 레인 코트 킬러 (Raincoat Killer) |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Children | 1 |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 21 |
|
Span of killings
|
2003–2004 |
| Country | South Korea |
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Date apprehended
|
July 2004 |
| Yoo Young-chul | |
| Hangul | 유영철 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 柳永哲 |
| Revised Romanization | Yu Yeong(-)cheol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yu Yŏngch'ŏl |
Yoo Young-chul (born April 18, 1970) is a South Korean serial killer and self-confessed cannibal. Although he admitted to murdering 21 people, mostly prostitutes and wealthy old men, the Seoul Central District Court convicted him of 20 murders (one case was dismissed on a technicality). Yoo burned three and mutilated at least 11 of his victims, admitting he ate the livers of some of them. He committed his crimes between September 2003 and July 2004, when he was arrested. Yoo explained his motives in front of a TV camera saying "Women shouldn't be sluts, and the rich should know what they've done."
Yoo married in 1992 and had one son. Yoo was convicted 14 times previously for several different charges, serving a total of seven years in prison prior to his string of murders.
From September to November 2003, Yoo killed several wealthy senior citizens, breaking into their houses and bludgeoning them with a hammer. In each case, Yoo left the appearance of a robbery-homicide, although no money was taken, which confused the police investigators. When the investigation started to intensify, Yoo switched to targeting female masseuses. Yoo was briefly arrested in January 2004 on a minor theft charge, but released two days later.
Starting in March 2004, Yoo called masseuses to his residence in western Seoul and bludgeoned them after having sex with them. His masseuse victims were dismembered and mutilated to hinder their identification. They were buried in the mountains surrounding the city. Police recovered 11 bodies from the mountain behind Bongwon Temple after Yoo's arrest.
During initial interrogations, Yoo confessed to killing 19 people. On 18 July 2004, he admitted to an additional murder: the killing a 45-year-old male street vendor. Yoo eventually confessed to killing 26 individuals on 19 July 2004, several days after his arrest, although no details were given. The list of purported victims included several individuals that did not match his prior pattern of wealthy seniors or masseuses. Friends of two of the masseuse victims, whose bodies had been recovered, claimed they were not involved in massage therapy, meaning that Yoo could have other, unreported victims. Although the "Rainy Thursday" murderer was active contemporaneously starting in April 2004, stabbing multiple women late at night in southwest Seoul, police were unable to link Yoo to those murders.
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