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The homicide cases occurred every three hours.

The next crime was predicted,

but it continued, laughing at the efforts of the investigation.

At the time of the crime,

the prosecutor in charge wasn't even at the scene,

making the citizens furious.

Darn it.

Did they have to put it that way? Those reporters.

"Asking the prosecution to take responsibility."

That's the highest searched phrase right now.

"The person in charge should get fired."

"That's why they're called corrupt."

"They were played by the killer."

I can't read these anymore.

Right. Don't read them.

Where the heck was Mr. Doh yesterday?

Okay.

Well, Mr. Noh is asking for you.

Mr. Doh is here.

Okay.

He bought nine stockings and committed three more murders.

After the fourth killing at 2 a.m.,

it seemed he's halted.

But considering the fact...

that he bought nine stockings,

the possibility for additional crimes do exist.

He got us.

In the afternoon,

there'll be an expanded executive meeting.

The Prosecutor General is coming too.

Mr. Doh, why on earth weren't you at the scene?

You know people are asking us to take responsibility.

- I'm sorry. - Mr. Noh.

Mr. Doh was following up on the first victim, Jeong Hui-ju.

He had his reasons to run around.

Who doesn't know that?

Are you going to take responsibility instead?

Well...

No. I won't make excuses.

I'll take responsibility.

I do want to protect you.

But this is how far I can help.

Go to the countryside or so until it quiets down,

under probation.

Okay.

A disciplinary committee will summon you officially.

As a preliminary act,

it was confirmed...

that you're suspended from all duties as of now.

A disciplinary action?

Understood.

For this case, I want you, Prosecutor Eun,

to be in charge and proceed.

Goodness. This is hard.

Mr. Doh.

Your shoulders are heavy now.

- I'm sorry. - Mr. Doh.

Why did you have to take it that far?

Prosecutor Eun,

do you think the suspect is a psychopathic spree killer?

He murdered every three hours while moving about a mile,

showing the same patterns.

For now he should be considered a spree killer.

In a different perspective,

the perp may not be killing someone while moving.

Instead, isn't he moving away from the murder scene?

What?

Anyway, as for this case,

there's more than meets the eye.

Good luck.

Come on! Isn't this unfair?

It's not that we hang out all night!

Should I go to Mr. Noh's room, open my stomach,

and dry my guts in the sun?

Mr. Yang, your dialect is back because you got angry.

I don't care about the dialect. What did I tell you?

I told you we should break away from the Eastern DPO.

Look what happened!

- Let's go to Bango-dong first. - Bango...

I won't even pee toward that area anymore.

- Aren't you going to finish this? - What's there to finish now?

I have a lot of time because I was suspended.

Let's do this.

There's something we looked into.

National Forensic Service

Right foot.

Tibia and fibula severed in the middle.

Tibia: Shin bone Fibula: Calf bone

This wasn't post-mortem!

There was a vital reaction.

It was cut when she was still alive?

Also, it was by a sharp force. The cross-section is smooth.

Scalpel.

The bones and the muscle were severed separately.

He severed the muscle following its grain.

He cut the bones elaborately with a saw.

You see how the cross-section is even?

On the contrary, he cut the little toe at once.

It's jagged, right?

Why did he leave the bone to protrude?

Exactly. That's really creepy.

Well, I don't know it yet.

But I'm sure of one thing.

He cut the foot slowly while she was alive,

but he cut the little toe at once post-mortem.

- Gosh, he's insane on a whole new level. - Exactly.

Usually...

the injury to someone alive is done quickly,

while they put more time when damaging the body after death.

This case is the opposite.

Where's the blood? Is this the body?

- I've seen something like this in Miami. - Did you catch the perp?

It was a psychopathic serial rapist, but we got him...

after he killed 24 people.

There's barely any blood left.

Not at all?

Run the tox test with the muscle.

Will you find her body quickly?

Her torso with blood, if possible.

It's going to be tricky.

The perp severed the foot in a unique shape.

It seems...

he severed the little toe post-mortem and abandoned it.

That's what we found out with the foot so far.

I've never seen something that brutal.

I can't even watch it.

Do you have a close-up of the bone's cross-section?

It might be nothing.

Dr. Baek.

The body was murdered brutally.

Maybe you lost the sense because you've been out of the field?

- Hey, are you out of your...? - What?

What are you talking about?

I can't say it for sure.

If you aren't sure, refrain from calling it nothing.

The autopsy result of Jeong Hui-ju?

Both Jeong Hui-ju and Jane Doe are negative for semen.

The hair and pubic hairs were all theirs.

We didn't find any third-party DNA in both bodies' epidermis.

Because the epidermis was burned.

That was done deliberately, right?

In sexual assault,

the frequent physical contact between the perpetrator and victim...

leaves the perp's epidermal cells, bodily fluids, and oral epithelium cells.

But we found nothing,

which indicates it was done on purpose.

What's the COD?

Sexual assault, manual strangulation, and ligature strangulation.

We found traces of those.

- Homicide, right? - We don't know that yet.

Dr. Baek!

You don't know it after a five-hour autopsy?

Ms. Eun, please calm down.

The toxicology and biopsy are still in progress.

As you know, he's meticulous.

Okay, for now.

What about the second victim who was hanged in the unoccupied villa?

Well, actually...

I found it strange too.

To conclude it as manual strangulation, the fingertip marks are too shallow.

The petechiae are too small in number for ligature strangulation.

For a hanging,

there's not enough facial engorgement.

I'm sorry, so what exactly happened?

Also, her lungs and liver were severely damaged.

What the heck is going on now?

So we had an emergency biopsy,

and we found stage-four lung cancer...

and liver cancer, which possibly was spread from the lung.

Tox result of the heart blood?

Gefitinib, the drug for lung cancer.

I tracked the usage period with her hair.

She started targeted medication six months ago.

It stopped four months ago.

Since then, she took morphine-type painkillers.

Are you saying she was a cancer patient?

- Yes. - What about the COD?

Well,

the COD could be in coalition...

or in concert.

When more than one fatal injury occur at the same time,

it's the coalition of the causes of death.

When non-fatal injuries add up to reach death,

it's the concert of CODs.

The crucial point is the order they were made, isn't it?

We can't determine...

whether she died from the disease or was killed first...

at this time.

The perp could've targeted a sick woman on purpose, right?

That's a possibility too.

Then everything is an open verdict?

We even had emergency autopsies,

but the suspect's behaviors are still questionable,

and we know nothing about the suspect.

Nothing?

I know he's an insane spree killer, but...

He's not insane.

He's very sane and smart.

Smart?

How can you say that?

Mr. Doh is about to get fired!

Is Mr. Doh getting fired?

Someone has to take responsibility...

for failing to prevent additional crime!

That's right.

Four people died.

The Eastern DPO's pride depends on this case.

What does that have to do with me?

- What? - That sounds good.

- You were always loud. - Dr. Baek!

Let's go.

Mr. Park,

get me a foot. I want to check something.

Main Conference Room

This has been the worst night.

How many stockings left?

He bought nine and used three, so six more.

I'm anxious.

The killer has to sleep too.

- He must be exhausted too. - Right.

I'll take a quick nap.

There shouldn't be another one in the meantime.

- Prep the autopsy room. - What?

- What's it for? - Prep it!

Good gracious.

It's an autopsy spree, not a killing spree.

I'm still wearing the same underwear.

Seong-joo.

Burn that lucky underwear. Carbonize them completely!

Ma'am, did Seo-hyeon got home all right?

She got back home from the hospital,

but she insists she won't go to kindergarten.

What?

She never acted that way.

Maybe she spent too much time in the hospital.

I'm calling you because she's never done that.

Excuse me.

Find me before Seo-hyeon goes home.

I have something to tell you.

Okay, then.

Ma'am, I got what you're saying,

but please talk her into going to the kindergarten.

Okay. I'll call you back.

Okay.

Dr. Jang Cheol

The person you are calling is unavailable.

Redirecting to voicemail.

Hanju Hospital

May I talk to Dr. Jang Cheol?

I see. Okay.

The shoulder blade's pressure point.

A point under the skin that feels pressure

Inflammatory cell infiltration.

It's chronic, not acute.

There was no bone debris.

Chipped bones

Irrigation?

Dr. Baek, we're ready.

You are?

Let's go.

Dr. Baek,

weren't you too brutal to the Eastern DPO back there?

What?

They're bombed over there.

You do your job.

I got it from my old school's hospital.

It was donated for practicing.

- This is good enough. - What's your plan?

It's 11:56 a.m.

The amputation test begins.

- Drill. - Drill? Are you going to cut it?

Let's test it. Drill.

Autopsy drill or surgical drill?

Surgical.

Hold it.

They look the same!

Yes.

The protruding bone is the same too.

Swab kit.

Request a tox analysis for povidone-iodine quickly.

- Okay. - Povidone-iodine?

- Povidone-iodine? - It's urgent. Hurry!

The povidone-iodine is all over the foot's cross-section.

In the muscle, we have propofol and cefazolin.

- I knew it. - It's that, right?

What is it?

Here's the chemical report...

of the hanging body's nasal cavity and nose hair.

But Dr. Baek, we have nothing.

What about him?

Seong-joo had volatilized gas,

carbonized chlorine, potassium, zinc, and lead.

I have those on my nose hair?

Why did you look into this?

It's pork ribs, marinated.

- Pardon? - What?

Behind the villa we found the hanging body is a pork rib place, right?

Right. The smell of the pork rib made me hungry.

Come to think of it, I haven't eaten anything...

since I had ramyun last night.

- Let's go. - Where this time?

I'll go too.

Why is he going somewhere all the time?

I prefer him shutting himself in here.

- Aren't you getting ready? - Stop talking.

I'll explain on the way.

Su-yeon, you're coming too!

Me too?

Share the pain.

I'll drive.

You don't know how it works.

Sally, you drive.

Dr. Baek!

Dr. Baek, I'm the driver.

The main grove is 1.2 millimeters deep.

Change the tires right away.

Otherwise you'll lose grip driving straight,

which will be dangerous.

Aren't you coming?

So far we've received 104 calls,

reporting they've seen the guy captured in the security camera...

in the convenience store, wearing a baseball cap.

Following the suspect's route along with the Bango 13-gil,

Seoul's 300 policemen were rounded up...

and split into four teams,

canvassing, confirming reports, inspecting, and pursuing.

Are you checking the cell towers?

We're categorizing...

tens of thousands of cell lines that accessed the cell towers.

But the suspect might've turned off his cellphone,

so we can't completely depend on it.

Bango-dong is known for its high crime rates.

Is Return Home Safely Project for Women working properly?

The Gangdong Police Station's Safe Return Home Team...

is operating every hour.

Under the current situation, shouldn't we issue Jindotgae 2 alert?

It's too early to raise the level that high, Prosecutor General.

The Blue House wants to wait and see.

Then we'll wait and see.

Every Seoul policeman will be on duty and protect the city perfectly.

Why didn't you do that last night?

Prosecutor General.

At the Eastern DPO, we'll reorganize the criminal department...

so no additional crime will occur.

You can trust us.

Hey.

Where is Ms. Eun?

She's at the executive meeting...

because of the red stocking spree killer case.

The big guns from prosecution, police, Ministry of Justice,

and Ministry of Public Administration and Security are all here.

Good. We'll get it over with at once.

With what?

Where do we have to go?

Let me check the situation first.

To identify the victim, we cross-referenced the DNA...

from the foot and the hanging body...

Mr. Kang.

With the DNA in the system.

Dr. Kang. Look at me.

We're putting all our effort into finding the rest of the body.

Through the national missing-persons database,

we're trying to identify...

What's this? We're having a meeting.

Good.

We have the autopsy results of the victims.

This is a prosecution's executive meeting.

It's not a place for the NFS to barge in.

The result of the NFS autopsies isn't important here.

No, you got it all wrong.

Doctor.

Let me finish the meeting first...

With the wrong data?

What's so wrong?

This is...

not...

a spree killer case.

The person you have reached is unavailable.

Redirecting to voicemail.

First...

I'll talk about the hanging body found in the unoccupied villa.

The wounds here...

were the keys to the case.

The suspect took them as a trophy.

No.

To make them look like a trophy,

the suspect cut out the flesh at the same spots...

in Jeong Hui-ju's body.

But inside flesh,

we found inflammatory cells, chronic, not acute.

We took the biopsy,

and it was decubitus.

Decubitus?

Yes, and it was made over three weeks.

At least for three weeks,

she was lying down until the bedsore developed.

People with decubitus can still walk around.

Is there a rule to not kill a sick person?

You're right.

That's why we checked one more thing.

Behind the crime scene, there was a pork rib place.

And its ventilation faced the crime scene.

It smells like barbeque.

Is someone grilling pork ribs? I'm hungry.

Because of that,

the NFS inspector who was there...

for an hour to process the scene...

had pig fat and charred marinade...

in his nasal cavity and nose hairs.

However,

we found none of those in the hanging body.

That means she never breathed at the crime scene.

What does that mean?

What do you mean, she didn't breathe?

That's why her core temperature was low.

The temperature of internal organs

The rectal temperature is 90° F. That's low.

Isn't it because she's dead?

That's strangely low.

No defense wound on the palms.

During the autopsy, we found no defense wounds.

In our opinion, she was carried in a big suitcase.

Her neck bone was broken until the cervical nerve was severed.

What the heck is this?

The cervical nerve is severed.

Fractured T4 vertebra.

Hangman's fracture?

To put an adult into the suitcase,

her head has to be snapped.

Then...

it wasn't a homicide?

The cause of death,

multiple organ failures caused by lung cancer.

The type of death, death from illness.

In other words,

it was a natural death.

What do you mean? It was from illness?

So she wasn't murdered?

The suspect put up a show with a dead body.

Moving on.

Let's look at the body part.

The foot wasn't from a mutilation murder case.

It's a foot amputated...

due to a diabetic foot ulcer and transtibial amputation.

Surgical procedure to amputate below knee

On the cross-section,

we found povidone-iodine, an antiseptic used in surgery.

It was a surgical amputation.

Remember how it looked unique?

The remaining bone has to be shorter than the flesh and muscle...

for the flesh to wrap about the new bone,

creating a soft tissue cushion.

Otherwise the patient can't use the prosthetic leg.

Also we found propofol and cefazolin from the foot.

As you know, propofol is a sleep inducer used in surgical operations.

Cefazolin is an antibiotic...

used to prevent infection during amputation surgery.

Antibiotic?

A body-dismembering killer...

wouldn't have offered an antibiotic to prevent infections.

Then why did he cut the little toe?

She must've had diabetic feet,

so the suspect cut it to hide that fact.

Then where did he get the foot?

The amputated feet are thrown away as medical waste.

The suspect must've stolen it from a hospital.

The woman whose foot got amputated...

isn't dead.

She must still be in the hospital.

One more.

The blood we found in the sink...

was from the foot, meaning it's the same person.

The two victims just have become one.

Wait a second!

I'm sorry.

How does this add up?

Jane Doe died from her illness.

The blood from the sink and the foot came from the same person,

but the foot's owner isn't a victim.

The victims of the homicide...

aren't four people,

but just one, Jeong Hui-ju, found in the motel?

Yes, right.

Therefore, there was no killing spree.

That's my opinion.

Let's go.

- What? - Just one?

What's going on?

If the police responded properly in the beginning,

this wouldn't have happened.

Didn't the prosecution turn it into an open investigation?

- How are you going to patch this up? - We have to!

We've done all this for the safety of our citizens.

It's actually a relief, isn't it?

- Safety? - Let's go.

Safety, my foot!

- Why? It's getting better. - They might blame us.

Why? We did everything for them.

Welcome!

Look.

With that angle, it might've captured the cars passing by.

Hello? Excuse me.

We're from the Eastern DPO.

Does that security camera work?

Yes, why?

May we take a look?

Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office

- Why? - My gosh.

- You have to come. - You're weird.

Dr. Jang Cheol.

- Seo-hyeon's mother. - What brought you here?

Well.

This is Dr. Jang Cheol, a trauma surgeon at Hanju Hospital.

I met him on a post-mortem inspection, and he also treated my daughter himself...

when she got into a car accident.

I heard you caught the perp when she had an accident.

I'm her colleague, Jang Seong-ju.

- I'm Jang Cheol. - Hi, I'm Sally.

This is the NFS Forensic Examiner, Dr. Baek Beom.

Hello.

Yes.

What brought you here?

I had business here.

I see.

Of course.

Well, we'll get going.

Yes.

Wait.

- Yes? - Did you touch a dead body today?

Where is Seo-hyeon?

Seo-hyeon!

My daughter...

I think she's kidnapped!

My gosh! Please come here quickly!

We'll be doing our best to find Seo-hyeon.

Are you kidding me?

Don't get smart, just because you know some cops.

- We missed the target! - You missed her?

What if he does something to my Seo-hyeon?

We're going to find her.

We're going to use all the technology and the resources.

You have to be strong. Okay? You're her mom.

I think he used Pocral Syrup.

She was kidnapped two hours ago.

We have four and a half hours left.

Where could she possibly be?

She must be so scared without her mom!

Partners for Justice Season 2