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Were you really trying to find out the truth,

or were you trying to hide it?

I told you to shut it!

Are you saying there's an accomplice among the police?

I couldn't find a trace of him.

Let me go. I must stop Sergeant Oh.

Find Kim Hyun Jun now!

No!

I am sorry.

(Mo Ji Eun)

Can you give me some more time?

Is it the Reaper?

Wait a second.

Please find my daughter.

The three girls all left the same text message.

Maybe they really did go on a trip?

They had an important match coming up.

They found traces of the girls.

How were three fully grown girls taken all at once?

The abductor had an accomplice,

or if not, he could have waited until they were separated.

They were found 30 minutes ago.

Someone damaged them on purpose.

It looks like an abduction case motivated by vengeance.

(National Crime Investigation)

(Episode 15)

The police conducted a search around where they found the bags,

but there was nothing unusual.

Is there anything suspicious about where they found the bags?

Maybe that area symbolizes something or...

No, it didn't seem that way.

If the culprit left such a clear evidence like that,

it surely means...

that the vacant lot is somewhere special to him.

Find out if there's any connection with the girls and the parents.

Yes, sir.

What are the jobs of the victims' parents?

Lee Yoo Jin's parents work in the real estate leasing service.

Park Song Yi's mom works at a local call center.

Hong Hye In's dad owns his own law firm.

The nature of a job in real estate and law...

could bring about some unavoidable troubles with people.

You want me to look into that too, right? Okay.

We couldn't find any evidence of resistance at the swimming pool,

where the abduction likely happened.

The girls could have easily followed the culprit without a doubt.

The way you can overpower someone without using any force...

is either you threaten the victim to lose their motivation to resist,

or you build up the trust beforehand.

There's no other way.

If the culprits actually overpowered the girls,

they must have planned it out thoroughly.

They must have looked up the girls' schedule.

They also must have observed the girls for a while.

The culprit could be someone living here or coming here often.

If an outsider was stalking the girls,

someone must have thought it was very suspicious.

It's been three days already.

It actually looks like...

the girls could be already...

I don't think so. The girls are still alive.

If you look at the message, it specifically mentions...

that she will come back on Friday night.

(I will come back by Friday night. Don't worry.)

As it has been repeatedly mentioned,

that means that day has a meaning to the culprit.

The culprit must have chosen Friday as the D-day.

We don't even have two days until Friday.

Bring the victims' parents to the police station...

and prepare the profile.

I will join you after I tidy up some things here.

Yes, sir.

I am so cold.

You are not the only one.

I am cold,

thirsty, and hungry too.

Yoo Jin is sick. She even has a fever.

You need to think carefully.

Don't just stay there, and stare into nothing.

Your whining won't do anything.

Do you really need to talk like that?

Then...

how do you want me to talk?

We need to find a way to escape this place somehow.

Being anxious won't change anything.

What?

You haven't even moved a finger. You don't deserve to say that.

Guys, we shouldn't do this.

We're fighting against each other. This is what he wants.

Why did he abduct us?

It seems like I'm getting numb from the hunger.

Where are we? How long have we been locked here?

I wonder.

It wasn't like this in boot camp.

I shouldn't have listened to her.

She's the one who talked us into...

going to a club without telling our parents.

Let us out of here! Let us out of here!

Stop it. You're only wasting energy.

Get ahold of yourself.

We might die here.

What is happening?

Hello.

- He is Hye In's father. - Okay.

Hello, we're from NCI.

She texted me saying she was going out with her friends.

What is this about?

That is... At first, we thought that was what had happened.

But it seems like something has gone wrong.

So Hye In has really been abducted?

I will explain everything, Mr. Hong.

As you know well enough, Hong Hye In, Lee Yoo Jin,

and Park Song Yi went missing three days ago.

We believe that these students are still alive.

If what the culprit wanted was murder,

they could have been killed right away.

But as the culprit didn't kill them, it could mean that...

abducting them or locking them up was more important than murder.

The culprit mentioned this Friday.

It is highly possible that the culprit has a plan for that day.

We also need to focus on the fact that there are three victims.

There are not many cases in which numerous victims...

are abducted together.

The culprit must have had a personal reason...

for him to abduct three people.

We believe that the culprit is acquainted with the victims,

and that he knows this town very well.

And seeing as the culprit did not leave any traces,

damaged the victims' properties,

and exhibited them,

we think that it's highly likely that this was caused by a grudge.

A grudge? But they are just kids.

Who would have such a grudge in this small town?

No, we should think not only about the victims,

but also their parents and the people around them.

But such connections will not surface easily.

For cases like this, it is highly likely that...

the culprit is smart and well-planned.

The culprit plans the crime and watches the victims...

until the right moment comes and he feels confident.

Then he acts it out.

(Hong Hye In)

(Park Song Yi)

He would have prepared a space to lock them in.

It is also possible that he could have made a space of his own,

like an underground bunker or storage to hide the victims.

What should we do first?

First, please gather information incidents in the past...

or records that might concern the victims.

At the same time, I need you to search nearby storages...

or unused buildings in this town.

We only have one day left...

until the D-day that the culprit has set.

Please hurry.

Yes, Nana.

I did some research on the land.

It is hard to determine who owns it as it's in litigation.

But until last year, it belonged to Nam Taek Jin,

Lee Yoo Jin's grandfather.

There was an old shopping center on the land.

But it was torn down last year.

But during the process, there have been conflicts...

with its tenants.

Thank you. Then please find out more about the tenants.

Sun Woo, Hye In's father has disappeared suddenly.

- What? - After I explained the incident,

he suddenly went out.

Mr. Hong, we're doing our best. Please wait a little.

That scumbag. I will kill you.

But before he went out, he said something strange.

He said he'd kill someone.

Does that mean he knows who the culprit is?

Track his phone.

I know that strange things have happened.

But this is when you should get ahold of yourself.

I know I shouldn't say this,

but this could be a chance for you.

You should do your best, so that you can do more for the...

What are you doing?

- Where is my daughter? - What?

You pervert. Where did you hide them?

- You scumbag! - Are you out of your mind?

- You scumbag! - No!

- You! - No!

Did you think I wouldn't know?

I will kill you, you jerk.

What is he even doing?

Gosh, I will kill him. Gosh.

I am so thirsty.

Why am I suddenly so sleepy?

Yoo Jin. Yoo Jin, don't sleep.

Do you remember when we ran in the race last year?

You caught up by 10m. We won in the end.

That wasn't 10m.

It was more than that.

We called you Queen Yoo Jin.

What does that have to do with this?

We're going to die out here anyway.

I don't know how you can be at peace when we are in such a bad situation.

Hong Hye In, stop it.

What's going to happen to us?

Are we really going to die here?

No.

If he's watching us,

there must be a way to lure him.

How?

If I had known that, I wouldn't be here like this.

Don't treat Yoo Jin like that. She's sick.

Do you think I'm not?

I feel like I'm dying.

Stop it, Hong Hye In.

I hate whining people.

There are people who whine all day, while others solve their problems.

I'm so sick of you.

Hye In is scaring me.

(Motel)

Oh, my gosh.

The damaged bag...

was found in a place related to Lee Yoo Jin's parents.

In that case,

there must be a reason why the victims' clothes were found here.

The culprit must be trying...

to disclose the secrets of the people he seeks revenge against.

Thank you for your service.

Is there anyone...

who looks familiar to you?

Oh, wait!

This guy. I've seen him before.

So...

why did he do that?

He suddenly attacked me like a dog in heat!

Goodness.

I don't think you are in a position to say so.

What?

These are the pictures I found on your computer in your office.

How did you...

Did you search my computer without my permission?

What did you do in the evening of the last Monday?

Are you suspecting me?

Just answer my questions.

I'm... That hurts.

It's not me.

You are driving me nuts now.

He just wanted my land.

Why am I here?

You seem to be very sure that the coach is the culprit.

May I ask you why?

It is him.

He is the only one in town...

who can do such a dirty thing like that.

What do you mean?

He...

was previously convicted of sexual assault.

According to what we found, there's no such record.

A few years ago, he almost got sued for assaulting someone.

So I helped him get away with it.

That's how he could keep his job.

I shouldn't have done that.

But I never knew he was that ungrateful.

I was stupid.

How could I let him take care of my daughter?

On the day your daughter was kidnapped,

the coach has a solid alibi.

What?

Is that true?

You said you were gone for three days for fishing.

I did.

Are you sure you were just fishing?

What do you mean?

We found the girls' tracksuits...

in front of the motel near the fishing site.

Who were you with in the motel room?

Tell me now. Who was it?

Her name is Ahn Eun Jin.

She is my customer.

This is my private life.

This has nothing to do with the case.

Please keep this a secret.

It's for her sake too.

We confirmed the girls' coach, Kim Heung Sik's alibi.

At the estimated time of the disappearance,

the coach was treated by some other parents.

What's the result of the bloodstain analysis?

The bloodstains we got from the tracksuits are not the girls'.

At the moment, we don't have a DNA match.

What's the result?

The police is searching around the suspicious area now.

But we didn't hear anything yet.

What should we do? We are really running out of time.

The culprit is very careful and cautious.

He planned out every detail.

Those two look far different from that.

We analyzed all past events related to the victims' family...

to see if anything came up.

But we couldn't find any suspects who had an obvious cause.

But the culprit left a trace...

at the place that has something to do with the girls' parents.

What if we are heading in the wrong direction?

That's not it.

There must be something among the parents.

If there's anything...

that's common among the parents...

and if they know about it too,

they wouldn't want to hide anything at this moment.

We also just saw what Hye In's dad was like.

That could be something really small.

So small that they wouldn't even think about it...

while it was something important to the culprits.

Are the parents together now?

Yes.

Squad Chief.

Please reveal every information little by little.

What? What does that mean?

They must be doubting each other now.

While thinking about saving their kids,

they must be also nervous about the person who hates them.

Those two thoughts are coexisting in their minds at the moment.

We've got to stimulate them psychologically.

And find out what happened in the past.

Yes, I understand.

This is horrible.

I'm aware of it.

I'll just pretend like I didn't hear anything.

Can't you see how serious she is?

We are going to become like her soon.

It's a matter of time.

There will be a way.

Like what?

Did you not realize anything after everything?

But... I don't think so.

I don't think I can't do that. I can't.

Even though we don't do anything,

Yoo Jin is going to die first.

Look at her.

She's almost dead.

Just...

think like we are saving some time.

But...

Don't do this.

Song Yi. You have to be realistic now.

She is going to die anyway.

We don't have to die too.

Don't you think so?

But...

you want to kill our friend to save our lives?

We are best friends.

Do you think I want to do it?

But if this goes on,

we are all going to die.

We don't have a choice.

You know it too.

What if...

we still cannot go out even when we do what he told us to do?

What if he is someone gone completely mad?

What if he just wants to kill us one by one like this?

Let's do what he told us to do first.

That's the only way.

Let's just tell him Yoo Jin's dead.

He's been watching us.

He will find it out soon.

If we provoke him, it will make things only worse.

We'll just do what he told us.

Right?

But I can't.

Are you not worried about your mom?

Your mom's sick.

Mom...

I'm the only one she has.

She won't be able to live without me.

Let's go home, Song Yi.

We don't have a choice, right?

This is the only option, right?

You are right. This is our only chance.

Just think that way.

Yoo Jin is going to die anyway.

We're just speeding it up, right?

That's right.

Sir.

We made our decision.

Hello?

What's going on?

Nothing.

We will sort it out.

My Song Yi...

The competition she's spent years preparing for is in two days.

What can she do?

My poor baby.

Hey, is the competition even important now?

I can't believe you.

Are you saying that money is more important than that?

What did you say?

What is she saying now?

Don't get bothered.

That's all she got.

I don't even know why Yoo Jin hangs out with those kids.

Are you talking about my daughter, Song Yi?

Did we say something wrong?

Before knowing Song Yi and Hye In, Yoo Jin was...

Don't do this again.

Song Yi...

Hey.

Just say something.

Leave him alone.

For what?

How come the tracksuits were found at such a filthy place?

What did you do to cause such a situation?

What?

I know things are bad,

but you should think about the things you are saying. Gosh.

I should think about what I say? Do we need to save your face?

My daughter might die.

Who's dying now? I should be the one to say that.

How are you going to explain the fact...

that their bags were found on your father-in-law's land?

What?

Are you blaming us?

Maybe you are the ones hiding something.

I didn't want to say this, but don't you know that...

many people left this town because of your father-in-law?

What? Is that all you have to say?

How can you talk to us like that?

Stop it.

They are starting to blame one another.

That might be what the culprit really wants.

He could be watching us and enjoying himself.

We should stop them.

Something might come up.

We should...

We should wait a little longer.

You ignore others just because you are a little rich.

And you treated the tenants really badly.

People in this town are always talking badly about you.

You guys seem like the only ones who do not hear them.

Did you think that just because they act nicely in front of you,

they really like you?

What?

You scumbag.

Don't.

Is that all you have to say?

Well, you were the one who tried to flatter us...

so that you could get something out of us.

Flatter you?

You scumbag!

- You! - Stop.

Stop this at once.

Fighting, blaming, and attacking one another...

are the things that the culprit wants.

The culprit knows you well.

That is why he wants to attack you and disclose your secrets.

That means...

you must know who the culprit is.

Did you think that just because they act nicely in front of you,

they really like you?

What?

You scumbag.

- Don't. - Let me go.

Is that all you have to say?

Well, you were the one who tried to flatter us...

so that you could get something out of us.

Find out if Mr. Hong has taken a case...

that concerns Yoo Jin's family's properties...

in the last few years.

Yes, sir.

All right.

What do we need to do?

He must be connected to all of you.

Please think carefully if there are people...

that you all know.

It doesn't have to be a close friend.

You could have met by chance or just passed him by.

If not,

it could be someone from long ago or something trivial...

that you forgot about him.

I do not think...

that we did anything bad that would make someone want to kill us.

Yes, Nana.

Hyun Jun, Park Song Yi's phone was turned on again.

- Where is she? - She...

She is within 500m radius of Halleung Police Station.

Team Manager Kang.

Don't let the parents out.

There are only two girls.

Something must have happened.

Yes.

- What happened? - Wait.

- Yoo Jin! - Hye In!

- Hye In! - The case is not over.

- Please wait. - Let us go.

- Yoo Jin! - Is that Song Yi? Is it?

- Song Yi! - Gosh.

Let us go.

Why aren't you letting us go?

Song Yi! Is that Song Yi?

- Song Yi! - Yoo Jin!

Please wait for a moment.

Move!

Where is Hye In?

Didn't Hye In make it?

Where is Hong Hye In?

Did you...

know who it was?

You need to tell me about the situation you were in.

[VIU Ver] Episode 15 Criminal Minds -= Ruo Xi =-

Yoo Jin.

I know it'll be hard for you,

but please tell me everything you remember.

Where were you locked up?

Is Hong Hye In still there?

What happened there?

There was nothing we could do.

Nothing.

You've been through something I could never imagine.

Whatever happened there,

it wasn't your fault.

Really?

Do you really think so?

Choose...

He made us choose.

Song Yi is defending herself because of her fear.

Don't ask her about the incident.

Start slowly with daily questions.

Yes.

Listen to me.

- No. - What happened?

- Why don't you tell us anything? - What's going on?

- Are they all right? - Why don't you tell us anything?

Why?

- Wait. - Are the children safe?

- Tell us. - It's driving me crazy.

- Tell us something. - Wait.

Hey, wait.

Gosh, wait.

In the alley where...

the girls were found, we found a car.

We think it was used for the crime.

- It's me. - Team Manager Kang.

I found some law suits you wanted me to find.

Hong Min Seok, Hye In's father, was in charge of...

three law suits related to Yoo Jin's family's properties.

But there's no one who could be associated to this case.

These are just civil suits.

I'll send you the list of people involved in the case.

Okay.

These don't seem like the right motive for this kind of crime.

It says here that Lee Yoo Jin's parents lost these two cases.

It's hard to find connections to these law suits with Song Yi's mom.

But there must have been a reason for the culprit...

to have targeted these three.

It specifically mentions that she will come back on Friday night.

(I will come back by Friday night. Don't worry.)

It has been repeatedly mentioned,

which means that day has a meaning to the culprit.

Unlike what we thought, the culprit...

released two people early.

We don't know whether one of them is alive or dead.

What could that mean?

Some culprits...

expose themselves on purpose.

They want the police or other people...

to recognize them.

Please take Song Yi's mother home.

Do you know anyone here?

Yes, I know a couple.

We live in a very small neighborhood.

Is there anyone here...

who has a connection to you?

Perhaps...

someone whom you had a problem with.

No.

Yes, just a moment.

Team Manager Kang, I found something.

I looked up cases where the charges were dropped,

and I found a person who sued and then dropped charges few years back.

It's Ji Soo Chul, 52 years old.

I looked up his address back then,

and it was 54 Hannam-dong.

Where is that?

It's the empty lot where the girls' backpacks were found.

A few buildings...

were demolished there, and that's the location.

Besides, Ji Soo Chul has a daughter.

And she was in the sports team in the girls' high school.

What's his current home address and where does he work?

His address is in the other city.

There are records of him working at a distribution center here.

But it says he quit.

I'll send the information to you now.

Good work.

(Ji Soo Chul)

Do you know him?

Yes.

It's Yeon Hee's father.

They lived in this neighborhood, but they moved a few years ago.

Do you remember anything...

about him?

Nothing special.

Goodness. It's not him.

He's such a gentle and nice man.

Everyone always said that he'd live fine without the law.

What's wrong?

Do you remember something?

Yes, I just remembered.

You did such a poor job managing this place.

Please, Yoo Jin's father...

consider our situation.

The sewage back flowed.

How can you have us fix it?

You know our situation.

We haven't been able to open for business for weeks.

Is that our fault?

No, that's not what I mean.

Do you know how many chances I gave you...

because both our daughters are in the sports team?

Do you know how many months of rent you're backed up on?

If you don't want to fix it, just leave.

Excuse me?

Please, I beg of you. You know how we live.

Please give me more time.

- Miss. - Where are you touching?

- Please. I'm sorry. - Goodness!

This is so annoying.

Goodness. This is pathetic.

Why are you doing that to my dad?

What did he do wrong?

How dare you look at me like that, you little girl?

Oh, no.

I'm sorry.

Yeon Hee.

And so? What happened afterwards?

He asked me...

to be a witness.

And you refused that?

I see them every day in this tiny neighborhood.

I didn't want confrontation.

Find out where Ji Soo Chul is now.

And see if he has a place to lock up the victims.

Yes, I'm on it.

Song Yi,

I heard you were a runner until you were in middle school?

I was in the running team in middle school too.

I woke up early every morning...

and ran 10 laps every morning.

Right?

Your mom told me.

You were good at every kind of sport,

not just running.

But she made you swim...

because she didn't want you to get tanned.

Your mom was here for two days...

without getting any sleep.

She couldn't even eat.

She said she wouldn't do anything...

until she found you.

So,

can you tell me what happened now?

It was so cold.

I was so thirsty.

And...

I was so hungry.

You want to...

to use this?

Don't get weak.

This is the only way we can get out of here.

No, I can't do it.

You can't be like that. We already decided.

No, I don't think I can do it.

Song Yi, look at me.

This is an extreme situation.

It's just like...

those athletes who fell from the Andes Mountains in the movie.

They got cold and hungry,

so they ended up eating their friend.

Were they murderers from the beginning?

No, they weren't.

They were good people.

The situation made them that way.

They had no choice,

just like us!

So you killed her?

I had no choice.

If I hadn't, I would have died.

Should I...

just have died?

What do I do?

What happens to me now?

Yoo Jin,

look here.

Four years ago, Ji Soo Chul's daughter Ji Yeon Hee...

was a swimmer good enough to be featured in the local papers.

She failed to attend an important competition.

Afterwards, she repeatedly received physical therapy.

But in the end, she had to quit sports.

That competition was on a Friday.

It's where they stored pomegranates, this area's specialty.

It's been years since it closed...

ever since harvest's been low.

Just a moment.

Ji Soo Chul, get up.

I...

didn't do anything to her.

I told you to get up.

I didn't even come down here.

You must have heard already,

but it's all their doing.

All I did...

was telling the world what kind of people they are.

In the end,

they were no different from their parents.

Miss.

You saw it that day.

Yoo Jin's father pushed Yeon Hee.

But Hye In's father came to me and said Yeon Hee started the fight,

and it's no use suing him.

Does that make sense to you?

Please help me.

This is too unfair.

Yeon Hee might not be able to do sports now.

What am I going to do with my poor girl?

Yeon Hee's Song Yi's friend.

Here you go.

Take care.

No, that's not what I did.

That's amazing.

See, I told you.

Goodness.

Arrest him.

Look.

Even young girls like that killed their friend to live.

That's what humans are.

We're all selfish beings.

No one cares even when a person's life is completely ruined.

I do feel sorry for that little girl, Yeon Hee,

but all I did was legal.

Making him drop charges?

It was all for Yeon Hee's father.

Why continue a case that's sure to lose?

But what does that have to do with this?

Did you find my Hye In?

No, that was just a simple accident.

Who knew she'd barge in like that?

We suffered a lot of losses too.

I felt quite bothered,

so that's why I let him not pay me the two months' worth of rent.

But why are you asking me this useless story?

And why aren't you letting my Yoo Jin out?

I hope you're not asking any weird questions to her!

I did see Yoo Jin's father...

push Yeon Hee.

At first,

I was worried...

things would get uncomfortable if I get involved.

To be honest, this is what I thought later on.

Without Yeon Hee,

my Song Yi would be able to enter the competition.

A small hole sinks a ship.

And a small crime destroys people.

Vernon.

(National Criminal Investigation)

Everyone, how do you all feel...

about a much needed hangout session tomorrow afternoon?

I have to visit my mom tomorrow.

I'm sorry. I have a press conference in the morning.

Then Hyun Jun, we can...

I'm sorry, but I already have plans.

What am I doing...

when I'm 30 already?

Who cares! I can eat, drink, and live alone!

Everyone is alone in life.

Hey, beautiful lady drinking cocktails.

- Happy birthday to you - Happy birthday to you

- Happy birthday to you - Happy birthday to you

- Happy birthday dear Nana - Happy birthday dear Nana

- Happy birthday to you - Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday.

Blow the candles, and then you'll get your gift.

Really?

I'm sorry for being late.

A very nice man wanted me to give this to you.

Have I told you this?

I'm always thankful.

Happy birthday. Don't ever forget.

Kang Ki Hyung is always behind your back.

Blow the candles. It's burning.

Only public law shall be like water, and justice shall flow like sewage.

Only public law shall be like water, and justice shall flow like sewage.

Only public law shall be like water, and justice shall flow like sewage.

Only public law shall be like water, and justice shall flow like sewage.

Only public law shall be like water, and justice shall flow like sewage.

Only public law shall be like water...

(Seoul)

Did you watch the soccer match yesterday?

They should select players based on how well they play.

But right now, it's all through connections.

Korean soccer is done for unless they completely switch it up.

I still had a bit of hope for yesterday's match, but...

the coach wanted to switch strategies.

They failed in controlling and passing the ball in the first half.

No need to even mention their shooting.

Do you live in this neighborhood?

(Lee Hyun Jae)

Only public law shall be like water, and justice shall flow like sewage.

Only public law shall be like water, and justice shall flow like sewage.

What did you just say?

What's he saying? It's irksome.

Only public law shall be like water, and justice shall flow like sewage.

(Vacant)

We're here.

What do you want to see here?

You have to take the elevator there...

if you want to get to the subway station or the sidewalk.

Only public law shall be like water.

Justice shall flow like sewage.

Excuse me? What did you say?

(Vacant)

Lee Hyun Jae. 41 years old.

He was found murdered...

in his taxi under Guwol Bridge early this morning.

A deep cut from a sharp tool was found on his neck.

He died from the excessive bleeding.

There was an anomaly.

There's a rock embedded deep in his ears.

If you look closely, you can see that the handle is broken.

It looks like he attached a handle to a rock and rammed it down.

Is it like an arrowhead?

He ground a rock to make it into a blade,

and broke the handle, so that he could stab...

deep into the victim's brain.

Another abnormality...

is that the victim's eyes were covered.

If his eyes were covered,

it means the suspect felt guilty.

That depends on whether he covered them after or before the murder.

(National Criminal Investigation)

These are two past murders...

that have the same pattern.

Han Ju Young, 33 years old.

She was found a week ago in her studio apartment in Hanseo-gu.

And this is a dentist, Kang Joon Suk, 30 years old.

He was found 10 days ago.

The police found him in the kitchen...

of his vacation home in Hupyeong two weeks after his death.

Considering the murder method and pattern,

one person did all this.

The locations are different,

and the victims have no relation with one another.

There's a unique murder pattern found here.

The local police determined that the murders would continue...

and passed the case along to us.

The local station didn't find any other clues?

You'll see once you read the initial investigation report,

but the suspect is practically a ghost.

The murders occur in the middle of the night,

so there is no witness.

And none of the security cameras...

near the scene picked up any suspicious activity.

And the police has made all details private,

so thankfully,

the media hasn't figured out the connection among the three cases.

This won't be easy.

Profiling a murderer...

who kills people without a set criteria...

is extremely difficult.

Sun Woo and Hyun Jun, go visit the victims' homes.

We'll meet up at the local station.

Yes, sir.

With murder patterns that exhibit an aggressive tendency,

the killer is usually a man in his 20s to 30s.

The murder spots were deserted,

but he committed murder in the middle of downtown.

He didn't leave a single trace,

meaning he's highly intelligent.

Yes, the murders seem spontaneous,

but they're actually meticulously planned.

The murderer carried a weapon around.

And he used the same murder weapon...

in the same way for all the murders.

The fact that the murderer covered the victim's eyes...

means two things.

Either the murderer is unsure of his deed,

or he wants to hide his identity.

I'm sure it's the victim who drove the taxi.

Even in the initial investigation,

they didn't find any of the killer's fingerprints in the car.

(Vacant)

The murderer didn't want...

the victim to see him when he was killing him.

He covered the victim's eyes after the murder,

meaning he felt guilty.

Only the express train goes to Guwol Station past midnight.

And the train doesn't stop at all...

early in the morning when the victim was killed.

Records say that his last passenger...

was picked up at Youngsan-dong.

Youngsan-dong is a gate area to enter Seoul from West Gyeonggi.

There's a famous driver restaurant street over there.

Drivers always stop by for a meal...

before their night shift begins.

Then that explains how the murderer...

picked the taxi.

He meticulously prepared and planned this.

His neck was sliced here.

And the stone axe was rammed into his ear here.

I'm sure at first, Han Ju Young tried to run,

but she was caught right away.

And she fell here.

He must have known the victim would die soon.

Why do you think he bothered to stab the ears...

and break the blade?

There are a couple possibilities.

First, if you stab the ears,

the blade can penetrate the brain in the fastest time.

The murderer must have intended...

to kill the girl in the most certain way.

It must be a compulsion.

He attempts the murder again...

until he can be sure...

that the victim is dead.

Breaking the handle...

occurs from time to time in prison stab cases.

Once the handle is broken,

the opponent, who's already drained,

can't pull out the knife that's been deeply penetrated.

You mentioned there might be a couple of possibilities.

What's the other one?

Two famous serial killers in the US, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris,

stabbed an ice pick on the victims' brains...

and broke the handle.

Afterwards, there have been a couple of similar copycat murders.

Then are you saying...

he's imitating a foreign serial killer right now?

We can't say yet.

What we do know is that the killer...

has a complex profile.

Excuse me,

but does profiling really work?

Profiling is only the beginning to cut down the list of suspects.

For example, if the killer stabbed the victim first,

it means he wanted to...

control the situation quicker and more efficiently.

The killer probably thought...

he couldn't control the victims with strength.

The easiest mistake to make when considering horrendous murders...

is concluding that the killer is a strong, muscular man.

Profiling refutes such errors...

and opens up new possibilities.

To put it simply,

the killer likely has physical problems,

is small-built,

and lacks confidence.

So,

what's the conclusion of your profiling?

Detective Kim, he was speaking.

No, it's okay.

Of course you are frustrated.

Deducing the culprit with profiling...

requires a lot of time.

But I am sure of this. This murder...

was meticulously planned and controlled.

Considering the murder pattern,

the killer is too tightly controlled.

Considering the pattern the killer has shown us,

you can tell it's like an execution...

for the victims.

Usually, the marks that appear in these serial murder cases...

are a unique signature that no one can copy.

In that sense, the culprit we are looking for commits murders...

because he wants to satisfy the inner desire when committing murder.

And the murders will continue until your fantasies are shattered.

In other words, the culprit...

won't stop murdering others until he's arrested.

From now on, the details we find at the murder scene...

must be kept as absolute secrets.

From this point on, we'll establish Urgent Investigations HQ in the NCI.

I ask for your cooperation to find the killer as soon as possible.

Okay.

If we've profiled correctly,

the murderer will be feared much more...

than your average serial killer story.

The culprit apparently killed another person tonight.

- Get out! - Stop!

He confessed to his murders.

This world is filled with people who don't deserve life.

The police can't restore justice again,

so they're doing things on the side and seeming more suspicious.

You mean the murder suspect will become a hero?

Interpreting shorthand?

The judge is inside,

and he knows the details of the cases.

He must know that we're after him.

There has to be another answer in here.