After that, the man hid his victim's body in a kimchi refrigerator and continued to communicate with her family, pretending to be her for almost 12 months.
During this communication, he also took out a loan in the victim's name for approximately $60,000 to cover the expenses of renting a villa that belonged to her.
Suspecting something was wrong, the victim's younger sister contacted the police, as she was alarmed that her sister was only communicating via text messages. Later, she received a response with the message "I am safe and healthy," presumably written by the murderer after the police attempted to reach the victim.
The police managed to contact the victim's number, but another woman answered the call, who was living with the criminal and confirmed that he had asked her to answer the call.
