The Legendary Detective Catches All the Criminals - Chapter 92



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◈Episode 92◈

smoking gun

Song Yu-jeong asked while observing Kim Han-gyeol’s reaction.

“I guess something good happened?”

“Yeah, that was a really good thing. I found evidence that proves your crime.”

Kim Han-gyeol answered with his face close to his lips.

But Song Yu-jeong showed no sign of being nervous at all.

“Good luck!”

She kept her mouth shut, and Attorney Jang Il-guk spoke.

“Please continue your investigation of the reference person. I am also curious as to what kind of evidence you have brought.”

Kim Han-gyeol immediately handed over the tablet PC.

On the screen, Detective Seo Min-ju was seen waving her hand.

Shin Dae-seong asked Song Yu-jeong, who was looking at a tablet PC.

“Do you know where that is?”

“No, I have no idea.”

“You’ve never been there before?”

“No. What kind of place is that?”

“That’s where you kidnapped the young siblings. The witness clearly remembers you.”

“Oh, you’re the witness who said I have delusions? What was I wearing at that time?”

Kim Han-gyeol answered while looking at the tablet PC.

“You were wearing a white hat, a green coat, black pants, and shoes. Was that your intention to look like a woman in her thirties? You were wearing your mother’s clothes without permission.”

“No? I’ve never worn clothes like that before.”

“Are you sure? It’s not like you can’t remember because you’re under the influence of drugs?”

“······.”

Kim Han-gyeol opened another window on his tablet PC.

“Your mother is a socialite. See this outfit here? The green coat. It looks like a simple outfit suitable for volunteer work, but it’s actually the most luxurious of luxury items. I heard it costs about 2,500.”

“But?”

“Attorney Jang was right. I guess I didn’t know much about the upper class life. It’s a really great luxury brand, but the logo doesn’t show, so it feels like plain clothes. Now do you feel like you made a mistake?”

“no?”

Song Yoo-jung answers nonchalantly.

Shin Dae-seong smiled and spoke to Kim Han-gyeol.

“That’s a lie. I’m quite shaken inside. I just realized what a mistake I made.”

“Nice~.”

Kim Han-gyeol clenched his fists in joy.

Then he continued asking questions with more confidence.

“Do you know this white hat? It’s the one your mother wore when she worked in the garden. It’s in the picture in this women’s magazine.”

“······.”

Song Yu-jeong changed her attitude and kept her mouth shut.

“Your right to remain silent is acknowledged. However, you must listen carefully to the detective’s questions. These black pants and shoes are also luxury items worth over ten million won. The evidence photos are all here.”

Attorney Jang Il-guk asked.

“What are you trying to prove with this photo?”

“Attorney Jang, you don’t know much about luxury goods either?”

“······.”

“This isn’t something you can buy at a local clothing store. You can find out when it was made, how many there are in Korea, and which luxury brand store it was sold at. Oh Young-hee bought it, and Song Yu-jeong wore it when she committed the crime.”

“Isn’t this circumstantial evidence again?”

“No, look at this.”

Kim Han-gyeol opened another window on his tablet PC.

“This is another witness’s testimony. Please understand the voice alteration and face mosaic. We are also cautious when dealing with the royal family.”

The witness statements began.

-I saw it for sure. He was wearing a 25 million won luxury coat. His pants were 10 million won, his shoes were about 1,500, and his hat was probably around 3 million won.

-Do you remember what the woman wearing the dress looked like?

It was Shin Dae-seong’s voice asking questions.

-I kept staring at her, thinking she was the granddaughter of a wealthy family. Of course, she didn’t notice. She was a very young woman. That’s why I remember her even more.

-Was it this woman?

Shin Dae-seong showed Song Yu-jeong’s photo to the witness.

-That’s right, this woman. No matter how much makeup you put on, women will still recognize you.

-That’s great. What is your job?

-I work at a luxury brand shop. That’s why I couldn’t take my eyes off this woman.

-You remember people’s faces well, right?

-Of course! That’s my job.

“Just a moment!”

Attorney Jang Il-guk intervened and asked.

“Did you see Ms. Song Yu-jeong kidnapping her siblings?”

Shin Dae-seong answered calmly.

“That’s not it. That witness saw Song Yu-jeong alone.”

“Then it’s just useless nonsense.”

“Is that really so?”

As Shin Dae-seong nodded, Kim Han-gyeol operated the tablet PC.

This was captured from a distance by another camera, showing the witness and Shin Dae-seong talking.

Kim Han-gyeol asked attorney Jang Il-gook.

“Do you remember that place?”

“······.”

“I see you remember. This was taken from the window of the first witness, Ms. Kang Ha-na. The chronological order is reversed. The second witness saw Ms. Song Yu-jeong waiting for the targeted siblings. Ms. Kang Ha-na saw the siblings being kidnapped.”

Attorney Jang Il-guk did not lose his composure.

“This is also only circumstantial evidence. There are also problems with the credibility of the witness.”

“Do you think so, Judge? If the evidence that Detective Shin and I have mentioned so far is what you need, then a search and seizure warrant will be issued. Of course, that’s the case in most cases. It would be difficult if the Royal Family’s influence is at play.”

“You know it well, don’t you?”

“So we’re going to uncover the real ‘smoking gun,’ the really hard evidence that can’t be taken out of context.”

“Why don’t you just show me instead of just telling me?”

Kim Han-gyeol replied with a sly expression.

“If you reveal this, it’s game over. Song Yoo-jung will immediately become a suspect, and an arrest warrant will be issued.”

“It’s not much of a threat.”

Shin Dae-seong said.

“Detective Kim is right. Ms. Song Yoo-jung will be transferred to the status of a suspect, and an arrest warrant will be issued.”

Only now did Attorney Jang Il-guk realize that the situation was serious.

“You really look like you’re holding something?”

“Yes. Would you like some time to prepare yourself mentally? The current time is… 10:15. Please take a good 15 minutes to rest, and then we can start in 30 minutes.”

“No, I think it’s better to get hit first, so let’s get started right away.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Shin Dae-seong said to Kim Han-gyeol.

“Detective Kim will wrap up this case.”

“thank you!”

* * *

Song Yu-jeong looked at Kim Han-gyeol with pride.

“What evidence do you have to be so confident?”

“Are you happy that you succeeded in the perfect crime? No way! Detective Shin is right. I’ll show you how stupid you were. Burning down the villa······.”

“I didn’t do that?”

“That’s right, my parents must have had a hard time cleaning up. But there was nothing they could do about the body buried in the mountain. But there was one more thing they overlooked.”

“What is that?”

“I’m talking about the clothes I wore when committing the crime.”

“!”

Kim Han-gyeol asked softly.

“Did you feel a sting just now? You were reminded of the moment when you killed the young siblings. You should definitely feel the joy of killing, but you don’t. Don’t you feel fear every time you remember the moment of killing?”

“No?”

Song Yu-jeong responded with a mocking face.

“Well, let’s see how long you can hold out. Your lawyer will claim insanity before the 11th hour.”

“Where did you try that?”

“Your parents didn’t know about your crimes. It was only when we left that they began to seriously try to destroy the evidence. What did you do with the clothes you were wearing when you killed the children?”

“······.”

“Did you burn it when you set fire to the villa? No······ You were so sure of the perfect crime that you threw it in the regular trash can. You buried the body in the hill.”

“No······.”

Shin Dae-seong made the decision.

“It’s true that you threw it in the trash can, so continue.”

“Thank you, Detective Shin. What if we find the clothes you threw away? Of course, the children’s DNA will be found, and your DNA will be found while wearing them. Then it will become a ‘smoking gun’ that no one can deny… Are you laughing?”

Song Yu-jeong said with a face that said she couldn’t hold back laughter.

“The detectives found it?”

“That’s right, I found it by searching through a landfill.”

“lie······.”

“Why do you think it’s a lie? It seems like the spies of the Minister of Public Administration and Security’s father reported it like that? But what can we do… Our country’s police aren’t that rotten. Do you see this picture?”

-Tick.

Kim Han-gyeol touched the tablet PC.

People were seen rummaging through a vast landfill.

“This person here is Team Leader Park Dong-hee. He pretended to be called to the inspection department while he was searching through the trash. Since your father didn’t support you, he hired part-time workers.”

“You found the clothes I was wearing there?”

“Honestly, I didn’t know. I didn’t know that Chief Park would be searching through the garbage dump every day… The minister’s spies kept me and Detective Shin under close surveillance. Then, the bodies of the missing brother and sister were found in the mountains near the villa. Detective Shin immediately sent the illegal business personnel to the landfill. I thought I was on vacation as a reward….”

Shin Dae-seong matched the rhythm.

“If you want to properly deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your own troops.”

“I was so horribly cheated. Weren’t you genuinely upset that you couldn’t go on vacation?”

“Even if I were the enemy, I would have been fooled.”

Kim Han-gyeol looked at Song Yu-jeong again.

“We deployed our illegal business personnel, and soon after, a miracle happened. We found the clothes used in the crime in that large landfill. Wow! This is a photo that captures the emotion of that moment.”

A photo on a tablet PC screen.

Blood-stained clothes were neatly arranged, and next to them, Team Leader Park Dong-hee was looking up at the sky and giving thanks.

“Detective Shin, do you know what surprised me even more?”

“The one who found it was Bae Young-chang. I was really surprised. I wanted to recruit him to the special task force for unsolved cases.”

Attorney Jang Il-guk asked with a nervous expression.

“Was the DNA of the missing siblings and Ms. Song Yu-jeong found on those clothes?”

“I sent it to the National Forensic Service, but the test results haven’t come out yet. They said they’d let me know the results by 11 o’clock.”

It’s time for Jang Il-gook to check his wristwatch.

-dripping.

There was a formal knock and Hwang Yeo-ju came in.

It was obvious why he came in.

Kim Han-gyeol asked so that everyone could hear.

“Have the National Forensic Service test results come out?”

“Yes, I just came up after checking what came out.”

“What did it say?”

“These are the results of the bloody clothes found in the landfill. The missing children’s DNA and Ms. Song Yu-jeong’s DNA······ were all detected.”

“Ouch!”

Kim Han-gyeol let out a restrained cheer, and Hwang Yeo-ju gave an additional explanation to Shin Dae-seong.

“An arrest warrant has been issued for Song Yoo-jung, and a search and seizure warrant has been issued for So Yoo-jung’s parents. So Yoo-jung has now been changed to a suspect. That is all.”

Attorney Jang Il-guk spoke to comfort Song Yu-jeong.

“Don’t worry. You can claim mental weakness in court.”

Kim Han-gyeol said, showing his wristwatch.

“The current time is 10:55. Am I right? You’re going to claim insanity before 11 o’clock.”

“······.”

* * *

Reporters flocked to the briefing room at Gangnam Police Station 2.

A storm of questions poured in for Manager Park Dong-hee.

“Is it true that the culprit of the Daeshin-dong siblings case has been caught?”

“Yes. The culprit is 17-year-old Song Mo-yang. Because he is a minor, I cannot reveal anything more.”

“Minister of Public Administration and Security Song Byung-gil abruptly resigned. Is it related to this incident?”

“I’m sorry, I have no comment on that.”

The reporters’ questions continued without pause.

“It’s hard to believe that a minor could commit such a heinous crime. Chief Park’s promise has come true once again. I heard that they practically lived in a landfill to find evidence.”

“Yes······ I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who was in charge of the cleanup. I was really lucky. If not, I would still be searching through the landfill.

“I heard the criminal claims to be mentally unstable?”

“That’s ridiculous. It was a planned kidnapping and murder!”

This is when Manager Park Dong-hee responds strongly.

-Tiring, tiring, tiring. Tiring······.

The reporters’ cell phones rang one after another.

Reporter Lee Yeon-jin of Daedong Ilbo asked after checking the text.

“I heard that the culprit in the Daeshin-dong sibling murder case was released. Is that true?”

“There’s no way that’s true?”

“I heard he was just released.”

“Huh~?”

The reporters’ information was accurate.

Song Yu-jeong came out of the main building with her lawyer.