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Detective Lee Jae-han?

Officer 22, Yeongsan police, Lee Jae-han here.

She was found in a field of reeds next to the acacia forest by Highway 3.

Who are you?

Do you have a Lieutenant Park Hae-young on your team?

-I heard something weird on the radio. -Get out!

What would it be like if you got a transmission from the past?

Who are you? Seriously!

We captured the culprit at the Hyunpoong train tracks.

If it's really the year 1989 there,

Choi Young-shin will die.

We got another victim.

She's the eighth victim.

The reason he ran away was that bus.

It's the bus. I'm sure it's Bus 95!

Let's start from the beginning.

It's him. It's the same knot.

If it's really the year 1989 there,

please stop it.

Kim Won-kyung.

The community center worker.

Won-kyung.

Is anybody here?

Please.

We can save her.

-Please. -Please.

Please, please.

"Episode 4"

Won-kyung!

Excuse me. Is Won-kyung home now?

No.

She's working late tonight.

Working late?

Okay.

What's the... Hey.

Won-kyung.

Won-kyung.

The ninth victim, Kim Won-kyung.

She worked in a community center.

November 7th, 1989 at 9:30 p.m. On the streets of Hyunpoong-dong.

Please...

Sir.

Have you seen a young lady?

She has fair skin and long hair down to here.

Over there? Thank you.

Thank you!

Won-kyung!

-Got anything? -Yeah.

I told you I'd find something.

Who is it?

I got the fingerprint result from a broken piece of glass.

This was the day I went to meet Lee Chun-goo.

He knew I'd meet Jung Kyung-soon, and went there first.

Lee Chun-goo?

The fingerprints also belong to Lee Chun-goo.

So the killer is the bus driver Lee Chun-goo.

SEHOON REHABILITATION HOSPITAL

Jung Kyung-soon retired in 1990.

There is no further record.

I already told everything to the other detectives earlier.

-Detectives? -Yes.

From Gyeonggi district?

Yes.

Can you take a look at this?

Did they ask you about Bus 95?

Sorry? Bus 95?

No, they didn't.

It used to run 26 years ago.

Is there anyone who possibly knows about the bus?

Hello.

I'm Lieutenant Park Hae-young from Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.

Yes, I remember.

One of the bus conductresses was dead, and the mood in the company was bad.

Haven't you heard anything about it?

I barely know about it. I took a day off that day.

Chun-goo would know about it.

He was called for the police investigation back then.

Do you know Lee Chun-goo?

Of course, we used to drive the same bus.

But pretty soon after the incident,

he quit the job.

Something bad happened to him.

-What's the name again? -Lee Chun-goo.

Lee Chun-goo?

He's not a patient.

He's a guardian.

A guardian?

What is it?

-Have you met Lee Chun-goo? -Not yet.

He's the culprit.

The fingerprints and CCTV, everything matches.

Which room is it?

Something bad?

His son had an accident.

He quit the job to get the severance pay for his son's treatment.

I've never seen him since then.

Excuse me.

This is Park Hae-young.

Come to Sehoon Hospital.

-What are you talking about? -It was Lee Chun-goo.

What? It's not possible.

The profile doesn't match with him.

Just cut the crap and come to the hospital now!

It can't be.

Lee Chun-goo was driving the bus when Choi Young-shin got caught.

He can't be the killer.

And his age is too...

-How old was he? -Huh?

How old was Lee Chun-goo's son when he had an accident?

It was right after he graduated from high school, so...

he was about 20.

Chun-goo's wife died young, and he raised his son all by himself.

He was always concerned about

leaving his son home alone.

So he used to let his son ride along on his bus every day,

and took care of his son.

His son probably cherished the memory,

and sometimes took the bus all day even when he got older.

I gave him rides a few times too.

He was too weak to get a job.

I felt sorry for him that he stayed home all day.

He kept taking Bus 95?

Each victim has a different age, job, and place of residence.

But they had one thing in common.

All of them got murdered while taking the bus home.

I've put the locations where each victim was found in the Geoproths program.

It matches up with one bus route.

Bus 95.

All the victims rode that bus.

What if Lee Chun-goo isn't the killer?

NAME: LEE JIN-HYUNG GUARDIAN: LEE CHUN-GOO

What if it was a lie?

What if Lee Chun-goo had no choice but to lie?

Leave now.

Hurry!

Look, they're fighting!

Jin-hyung, did something happen out there?

No, nothing happened.

Goodbye.

Bye, Miss.

I'm so tired. I need to go home and rest.

-Get going. -Bye.

Wait for me a bit. Let's go home together.

I'll go first. See you at home.

Chun-goo used to say this all the time.

"I would do anything for my son."

You remember, right?

Someone jumped onto the bus.

No one got on at that stop.

Sir!

Have you seen a young lady?

Thank you!

Won-kyung!

Won-kyung!

No.

PARK HAE-YOUNG

-Yes. -It's not Lee Chun-goo!

He most likely murdered Jung Kyung-soon to get rid of the evidence.

But the real South Gyeonggi killer is someone else.

So who is it?

Detective Cha?

Detective Cha!

Are you listening? Detective Cha!

I can't get hold of Detective Cha!

-Are you okay? -Are you okay? Huh?

What's going on?

Where's Lee Chun-goo?

-Who is he? -It's him.

The South Gyeonggi serial killer

isn't Lee Chun-goo. It's him.

I wasn't trying to kill her.

I freaked out seeing the gun when I opened my eyes.

No, Park Hae-young is right.

He's the killer.

Damn...

-It's not me! -Don't move!

Damn.

Are you watching TV?

The South Gyeonggi serial killer that put fear in the entire nation

has finally been arrested by the police after 26 years.

Under the pressure of the re-investigation the criminal chose to turn himself in.

He is currently being interrogated by Gyeonggi Police.

I did it.

I killed Jung Kyung-soon.

I killed all of them 26 years ago.

He's not the killer.

He may have killed Jung Kyung-soon,

and he knew he'd be caught.

So he's taking his son's quilt.

Did his son confess to his crimes?

No.

-Other evidence? -Nothing conclusive.

You know how the police organization works.

For a case that attracts media attention like this,

it isn't easy for the police to admit that they arrested the wrong person.

That means the police were fooled by the suspect.

Without evidence to overturn Lee Chun-goo's confession,

no one will believe what the cold case squad says.

For the first time in a long time, I worked hard.

It's gone for nothing.

This case is over with now.

What are you doing?

I just feel stuffy.

KIM WON-KYUNG, 22, LOCAL OFFICIAL

NOVEMBER 7, 1989 9:30 P.M. ON THE STREETS OF HYUNPOONG-DONG

THE ESTIMATED TIME OF DEATH - 9:00 P.M.

Detective.

Are you listening? It's me, Park Hae-young.

Are you listening?

Yes, I'm listening.

What about the last victim?

What happened to her?

Kim Won-kyung, the community center worker.

Is she still alive?

Have you caught the killer?

You said it's 2015 there.

Have you caught the killer?

Detective, what's wrong?

Something is wrong, isn't it?

I asked you if you've caught the killer. Have you caught him?

Well...

The bus driver, Lee Chun-goo...

Is it him?

Is it him? It is, isn't it?

-No, he's... -Then who is it!

I will go and kill him, so tell me now!

Detective, why...

You've probably only seen pictures.

Just a few pictures.

Victims' names, jobs, the time when their bodies were found, and locations.

That's all you know about them, but not me.

Sir!

Have you seen a young lady? She has fair skin and...

Over there.

Won-kyung!

She was alive just a few days ago.

She comforted me.

Cheer up.

She smiled at me.

She was kind.

She was just an ordinary and diligent person.

Thank you.

Thank you...

Won-kyung...

I will kill that crazy bastard.

I'll do the same!

With my own hands, I'll kill him!

No, you can't.

Then you'll become just like him.

You will become a criminal.

Detective, are you listening to me?

We still have a chance.

The bus conductress knew the killer.

You have to interrogate her.

Detective Lee. Detective Lee Jae-han!

Detective Lee.

Damn...

Damn it!

Damn...

Jung Kyung-soon.

Jung Kyung-soon?

Yes, she was threatening Lee Chun-goo.

I don't know what it was about.

I'm sure it is the evidence proving Lee Jin-hyung's guilt.

We can disclose the real killer once we find it.

Gyeonggi police would've found it already if there was something like that.

They would have gone through the scene and Lee Chun-goo's belongings.

You're right.

Lee Chun-goo went through the house after killing her,

but he couldn't find it.

So it's not in that house,

it's at another location.

Where is that?

We need to find that out.

Gosh...

The statute of limitations on the South Gyeonggi case was in 2004.

Until then, it was a meal ticket she could use to blackmail Lee Chun-goo,

so she must've stored it in a safe place.

After that, she might've stuck it somewhere.

But,

the statute of limitations was no longer in effect.

A statute of limitations will no longer exist for violent crimes before 2000.

Investigations on cold cases will become active.

She saw the news and thought

it could be a meal ticket again.

What's the first thing she would have done?

She would've checked on the evidence she used to blackmail him.

You're not actually buying it, are you?

The statute of limitations on this case was lifted on October 1.

If we follow her tracks on that day,

we can find the evidence.

Hey, hello?

The Director is going to present the results of the investigation himself.

Why are you trying to mess that up?

The Captain is against this, and do we really have to?

Please can we just...

Park Hae-young and I will check out Jung Kyung-soon's house again.

You guys check out her phone and card records, and personal information.

Please, don't do it!

Just don't! Damn...

You okay?

Your neck.

I'm so embarrassed I got attacked by him. I'm not okay, of course.

You shouldn't have confronted a man alone.

I should quit my job if that matters to me.

How did it go?

I looked up her card and phone records on October 1.

There's nothing that could be a lead.

Are you sure you checked all?

Her card was maxed out and she talked to nobody on the phone.

If you don't trust me, don't ask me to do it.

She's disorganized and has a lazy personality.

She wasn't meticulous enough to...

Be quiet and dig around.

Do you always work like this?

Yeah, when I don't have time.

It was cold on October 1.

It will be faster to look at warmer clothing.

No matter how many clothes women have,

they usually wear their favorites.

Find the one with worn out sleeves or a strong smell of perfume.

I told you she is disorganized and has a lazy personality.

BUS TICKET SEOUL - SUNYANG

Her cousin lives near Sunyang.

I checked the records, and they lived together in that house from 2002 to 2004.

She paid an unexpected visit a while ago.

Did she look for something?

I don't know.

She just barged in to the storage without saying hello.

I assumed she wanted to get her stuff she left behind.

-This one? -Yes.

You didn't touch this, did you?

No, why would I?

I'm here at Gyeonggi District Police Station.

The South Gyeonggi serial murders have been under a veil for 26 years.

Will the whole story be disclosed today?

In a moment, the investigation report will be presented here

at the briefing room of Gyeonggi District.

The whole nation's eyes and ears are focused on it.

-Who are you? -I'm with the police.

What is this?

What are you doing?

What the...

You are certain about the results, right?

The locations and the M.O., all matches Lee Chun-goo's confession.

He is the murderer.

Good work.

Now,

I will present on the investigation of the South Gyeonggi serial murders.

Our investigation team decided that the M.O. used to murder Ms. Jung

on October 22 was similar to the South Gyeonggi case.

We used nearby CCTV, fingerprints, and blood evidence

and found a prime suspect.

First, as the Commissioner responsible for prevention of such crimes,

I'd like to apologize to the families of the victims.

What is that?

Did you find out something new?

-Can you continue? -What is it?

Is there some confusion?

It is nationwide concern. Please tell us more details.

Something you can't open to the public?

While we were investigating Ms. Jung's murder,

we managed to find out the South Gyeonggi serial killer.

Are you certain Lee Chun-goo is the culprit?

-Is there evidence? -What's his motive?

Is there an accomplice?

The result will be presented by...

Detective Cha Soo-hyun from the cold case squad

in Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.

You're ready for this, are you?

We were investigating Ms. Jung's murder which occurred on October 22.

During our investigation,

we found decisive evidence that led us to capture

the South Gyeonggi serial killer.

When you were questioned at the police station...

that was the beginning, right?

Lee Chun-goo.

You drove the bus that Hwang Min-joo worked on that night, right?

Yes, I did.

Did anyone get on at the Hyunpoong stop?

He was in a black jacket

and in his early-to-mid-20s. You remember, right?

-Thank you for your cooperation. -No problem.

But, you know...

A man in a black jacket in his early 20s.

That sounds a lot like Jin-hyung.

I need to go home.

-Get going now. -Yes, bye.

He was on the bus.

Which stop did Jin-hyung get on?

He was on it from the beginning.

Over there.

Thank you.

Won-kyung!

Ms. Jung had stored away this piece of evidence.

It has the fingerprints and blood of the last victim.

Also, it holds the DNA of the killer of the South Gyeonggi serial murders.

The killer who was arrested with this evidence

was paralyzed from the waist down 26 years ago and has been in a hospital.

He is the son of Lee Chun-goo, Lee Jin-hyung.

My son didn't do it.

My son is not capable of that.

My poor son.

He grew up so lonely without his mother.

You are...

really horrible.

First victim.

A college student, Choi Eun-young.

Second victim, mother of two, Park Soon-hee.

Third victim.

Kim Yoon-joo who was about to get married.

Fourth.

Kim Mal-soon who died a day before her birthday.

Look at them!

You're not the only one who has a precious family.

They had one too.

Do you really feel nothing for them?

You should feel sorry for them!

You know nothing.

Don't talk like that when you know nothing!

My poor son

already paid for his crimes.

He already did!

Why are you doing this?

No, you can't!

No!

-Let go of me! -No!

Hey!

Stop there!

You bastard, come here!

Hey!

Why did you do it?

Why! Why did you do it? Why!

Why!

Why did you do it?

Why!

That's why...

you lied? Because he's your son?

That no one got on the bus?

My son didn't do it.

No one got on the bus.

If you had made a proper statement back then...

she wouldn't have died.

She would be alive now.

I don't know what you're talking about.

My son didn't do it!

Please, just stop it!

This isn't over.

He will kill again.

He will murder someone again!

Back then...

there was no one left on the bus.

I was the only one left.

Even if you put a knife to my throat,

my son didn't do it!

Right.

Even with a knife to your throat, you won't admit it.

Then I have no choice.

There is no evidence,

and no witness.

I have to end him with my own hands.

Right?

No!

-No! -Let go of me!

No!

Jin-hyung!

That crazy man

did that to my son.

Then...

What more punishment does he deserve?

That crazy man?

Detective Lee Jae-han stopped him...

from killing more people.

What's wrong with my legs?

It's okay, Jin-hyung.

My legs! What's wrong with them...

Jin-hyung...

My legs...

What's wrong with my legs, really...

Leave!

Never come here.

I heard what you told the doctor.

That your son stumbled and fell.

I'm going to turn myself in for what I did to your son.

So get him to do the same as well.

I don't know what you're saying.

Neither my son nor you have anything to turn yourselves in to the police for.

My son just stumbled and fell.

You weren't even there.

Are you going to hide this until the very end?

My son has suffered enough.

Can't you see?

He is paralyzed from the waist down.

He will be bedridden for his whole life.

Think of what your son has done.

At the very least, the victims' families deserve to know.

Get him to turn himself in.

My son is just a poor boy without a mother.

Now his life will become more miserable.

I can't let it happen!

Leave now!

We...

have suffered enough and paid for it.

If they hadn't started the horrid investigation again,

everyone could forget it.

Why?

Why are they digging this up again? Why?

What if your son had been killed by Detective Lee that day?

Would you be able to forget?

As if nothing happened?

Could you laugh, talk, eat, and sleep?

Could you have lived happily?

They died on the cold ground, shaking in horror,

not in the arms of their beloved family.

Someone...

should remember.

It's the same for Jung Kyung-soon.

She may have been blinded by money and blackmailed people,

but didn't deserve to die.

I'll remember...

her death too.

Everyone's going out for drinks.

No, thanks.

You should find something else.

Whether you drink

or smash things down in a boxing gym,

find something.

It's your first time seeing a dead person, isn't it?

No matter how many times you see it,

you don't get used to murder cases.

It's not because it's your first time.

Seeing a dead person will never get to be easy.

Find something to help you.

What are you doing?

A woman's neck shouldn't look like this.

Don't drink and go to see a doctor.

And...

It isn't my first time

seeing a dead body.

It's your first time seeing a dead person, isn't it?

HIGH SCHOOL GANG RAPE CASE IN INJOO

Mom!

Sun-woo!

Mom?

Sun-woo?

Sun-woo!

Sun-woo! Open your eyes!

Sun-woo!

CRIMINAL PROFILING

Seeing a dead person will never get to be easy.

Find something to help you.

-What are you doing? -It's nothing.

Sit down.

Have you eaten?

Drink this.

Were you crying?

No.

I do it too.

And...

those beastly detectives down there are the same.

We cry often.

Who would be fine seeing a dead body?

So we have to catch them.

We're having a hard enough time like this.

Imagine how the families feel.

The tears they've cried would be enough to make an ocean.

The amount that we could lessen from that is...

It's probably this much together.

So...

keep that in mind.

We should be willing to do anything to catch the culprits.

That's our job.

Crying can be a good way.

Find a way to get over it, whatever it is.

You've probably only seen pictures.

Just a few pictures.

Victims' names, jobs, the time when their bodies were found, and locations.

That's all you know about them,

but not me.

She was alive just a few days ago.

She comforted me.

She smiled at me.

She was kind.

She was just an ordinary and diligent person.

I'm sure she can rest in peace now.

She died so young, before she could even get married.

But, you know...

I was reading the newspaper and found out that

you caught the killer with an item that belonged to Won-kyung...

Yes, that's right.

If it wasn't for your niece,

we wouldn't have caught him.

It isn't because of her.

He was caught because of Officer Lee.

Officer Lee?

Won-kyung liked him.

We're both civil servants. Just let me off the hook.

What are you talking about? You violated the lanes.

Give me your license.

Gosh... here.

-Take this. -What are you doing?

Well...

Do you want a bribery charge as well?

Just take it.

Take what? Give me your license!

Hey! Do you know who this is?

He has done nothing wrong. You violated the lanes.

So give me your driver's license!

Which district are you at?

Why do you ask?

I'm Officer Lee Jae-han at Yeongsan police.

I'm here about a hit-and-run.

Can I get personal information?

I was told that it's important...

This is a taser. You turn it on like this and press this.

So many scary things happen in the world.

It was the first gift she had ever received.

She was as happy as a child.

It wasn't even a ring or necklace.

"What kind of gift is that?"

I made fun of her about it.

That Officer Lee...

Was his name Lee Jae-han?

That's correct.

Lee Jae-han.

It was him.

RESIGNATION

She thought about it a lot.

She was afraid you might not like it.

MOVIE TICKETS

Officer Lee.

Well...

It's nothing.

Cheer up.

She liked you a lot.

She said you are a bit shy and not so good with words,

but always hold on to your beliefs.

And you always do the right thing.

She said that she liked that the most about you.

Detective Lee Jae-han. Are you listening?

Detective Lee.

The South Gyeonggi serial murders...

We caught the killer.

How did you catch him?

Did you find evidence?

What is it? Where?

It isn't possible in your time.

Even if you find that evidence,

the scientific technology back then

was not capable of catching him.

But...

it was because of you that we caught him.

You left the evidence for us.

No matter how much technology has developed,

we would have lost him again if we had no evidence.

You are the one who caught him.

It was late, but...

we were able to catch him.

Thank you.

-Sir! -Shut up and be nice to her.

If you act like a girl and cause any inconvenience again, you're dead.

What have you been doing for six years?

Then are you saying that it's the year 1995 over there?

Go catch him now!

-What happened? -A kidnapping.

It's a nice car!

Eun-ji!

I said I would just go home.

Wow, this is good.

Who is the culprit of The Big Steal?

-It's not my dad. -Just come with me.

Now that you solved the South Gyeonggi, nothing scares you?

How dare you!

You should've convinced them.

Don't try to give me a lecture. I don't want to work with them either.

Detective, it's Park Hae-young.

Lieutenant, we were wrong.

These transmissions...

shouldn't have started.

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