My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 352

“However, looking at his past crimes, Oh Bang-hwan is clearly an economic offender. Not a violent offender, but an economic offender suddenly committing murder? That’s rare.”

Moreover, Oh Bang-hwan isn’t in a particularly precarious situation right now. He’s already been punished, Kwon Gang-won’s reinstatement is a separate issue, and they can always find another excuse to fire him.

“Hoo~ Fine, I’ll admit I might be wrong. So, who is the culprit then?”

“Well, we have to figure that out first.”

No one knows who the culprit is.

“Isn’t it always the same? Ultimately, finding the culprit is the job of the police. In most cases, the culprit rarely confesses.”

Kim Man-hyeok scratched his head, looking frustrated at Park Do-joon’s words.

“Aish, this is frustrating.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re not wrong.”

In the end, Kim Man-hyeok decided to find the culprit as Park Do-joon suggested. But things didn’t go that way.

-Death of a Kind Teacher, Who is the Culprit?

The news broke suddenly. The news shook the entire nation. And, of course, the news was enough to stir up extreme excitement among the people.

-Isn’t it obvious that the principal of that school is the bastard?

-There are rumors that it’s the chairman of the foundation, not the school principal.

-Definitely, that bastard must be the culprit.

Suddenly, the news broke, and like a wave, they began to tear into Oh Bang-hwan. And Kim Man-hyeok, the detective at the center of it all, was speechless.

“Detective Kim, just say one word!”

“Say what?”

“Oh Bang-hwan, is he the culprit?”

“No, I told you, I don’t know.”

“Come on, don’t be like that.”

“Detective Kim, I heard you were clinging to that case when we were trying to build a good relationship with you.”

“I don’t know! I don’t know!”

As he avoided the reporters swarming him and went inside, Park Do-joon and Jeong I-yeon were waiting for him.

“What is this?”

“We don’t know. We didn’t leak it. Did Detective Kim leak it?”

“Me? Why? There’s no reason for me to do that, is there?”

“Well, that’s true.”

Kim Man-hyeok agreed with Park Do-joon’s suggestion to directly track down the culprit, so there’s no reason for him to tip off the reporters. Also, there’s no reason for Kim Man-hyeok, who hasn’t been here long, to have any grudges against Oh Bang-hwan.

“This is driving me crazy. No, where did this rumor suddenly come from?”

Although it’s true that they pressured Oh Bang-hwan here, they’re not corrupt police officers who would fabricate a crime and pin it on him.

“Let’s go inside and talk. I’m really…”

Kim Man-hyeok, who was about to take Park Do-joon inside, had no choice but to stop abruptly at the chaotic situation.

“Hey! You bastard! Do you think you can get away with this?”

“No, our chairman wouldn’t do such a thing.”

“Hey, lawyer, can’t you see what’s going on? Everyone says there’s no one else who could have committed the crime except you?”

“Oh, really?”

Kim Man-hyeok was dumbfounded. Just a while ago, the section chief, who used to fawn over Oh Bang-hwan, calling him Chairman, Chairman, was now shouting at Oh Bang-hwan right in front of him. And behind Oh Bang-hwan, there were three lawyers standing.

“The chairman…”

“So, what did you do that day? Huh? What’s your alibi for that day!”

“That’s a personal matter.”

“Personal matter my ass! There’s evidence that your car was there!”

“The car wasn’t there.”

“The CCTV footage is out, you bastard! And there’s also testimony that someone who looked like you was seen.”

Kim Man-hyeok was stunned by the section chief’s behavior. He raised his voice as he entered the office.

“Section Chief, what are you doing?”

“What do you mean? This bastard is a real piece of work. He won’t open his mouth?”

“It’s not about him not opening his mouth… Isn’t this a case under investigation?”

“There are more than one or two pieces of evidence that this bastard did it.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, the CCTV and everything.”

Park Do-joon, who was listening from behind, frowned. Of course, he understood to some extent. Detective Kim Man-hyeok can’t just look at CCTV footage as he pleases. He needs permission from above to see it.

‘And since it’s been on the news, he couldn’t avoid looking at it.’

Of course, he should have looked at it a long time ago, but if he didn’t have the intention to actively check, he would have just looked at the surrounding CCTV footage and not checked the suspicious routes.

But with the media constantly bringing it up, the police, feeling pressured by the media, would have started investigating the routes, and naturally, they would have discovered Oh Bang-hwan’s vehicle moving along a suspicious route.

‘And then it’s been smooth sailing from there, huh?’

The media is all over it, and evidence has emerged. And when people look at it, Oh Bang-hwan has so many reasons to kill Kwon Gang-won. It will seem to people that Oh Bang-hwan took revenge on Kwon Gang-won.

‘So, that’s how it turned out like this.’

Reporters swarming in. And the police trying to create a culprit. Of course, if Oh Bang-hwan were a powerful person, this wouldn’t have happened. Maybe if that were the case, even if he had actually killed someone, they would have remained neutral and talked about a thorough investigation.

But Oh Bang-hwan’s power is ambiguous. If it hadn’t been exposed, it might have been different, but in the exposed situation, he’s not powerful enough to be protected.

“I’m going crazy. I didn’t kill anyone!”

“No, but what were you doing there!”

“It’s not my car!”

“Bullshit! Then where were you at that time?”

“……”

“This bastard is lying!”

The section chief was raging, and Oh Bang-hwan was trying to get out of it somehow.

“This is driving me crazy. Section Chief, after talking to the profiler…”

“You called a profiler?”

“Yes? Ah, yes. Well, it just happened…”

“Why call such a guy for a trivial case? Don’t worry. I’ll solve this case no matter what.”

“Yes?”

Kim Man-hyeok couldn’t believe his ears at those words. Because the Kwon Gang-won case was the case he was in charge of.

But the section chief is going to solve the case?

“You’re busy, so take care of other cases first.”

“Yes? Wait a minute! What does that…”

As Kim Man-hyeok tried to protest, Park Do-joon reached out and grabbed his shoulder, shaking his head.

“Keueung……”

And knowing what the situation was roughly, Kim Man-hyeok could only grind his teeth. He’s going to take the credit because it seems like it will be a good achievement and he can get promoted.

It’s not like he’s only been through this once or twice, so Kim Man-hyeok didn’t answer and went outside.

“Shibal [Korean slang for ‘fuck’]. This is fucked up, really.”

“Well, it’s a world where guys like that are good at getting promoted.”

“But is it really true that Oh Bang-hwan isn’t the culprit?”

“Probably.”

“Probably? You said you were sure?”

“There’s no such thing as certainty in profiling, is there?”

“This is driving me crazy.”

He took out a cigarette from his pocket and swallowed the rising anger as he smoked it.

“First, it seems like we should investigate in the direction that he’s not the culprit.”

“But they found the vehicle, right?”

“That’s right. But manipulating that vehicle isn’t difficult.”

“What do you mean?”

“What’s the method of distinguishing vehicles?”

“Of course, it’s the license plate.”

“Fake license plates don’t cost much.”

In reality, fake license plates don’t cost much, and even sealing them can be done with money.

“Are you saying someone is framing Oh Bang-hwan?”

“If not, it’s a bit strange that the vehicle suddenly appeared on the CCTV at the scene.”

Of course, there is definitely a possibility that Oh Bang-hwan is the culprit. And knowing that, Park Do-joon thought they should continue the investigation.

“So, we need to see the video to keep catching the culprit.”

“I understand. Let’s go to the evidence room.”

In the end, nothing changed. Because they are police, they investigate, not based on certainty. That was the basics.

“Hmm, it’s definitely Oh Bang-hwan’s vehicle. The vehicle number is also correct.”

The luxury sedan quickly brushed past on the road. And that scene was well captured in the CCTV.

“Kwon Gang-won was found in the reservoir, right?”

“Yes, someone struck the back of his head.”

He didn’t die immediately, but he fainted from the impact, and then the culprit threw Kwon Gang-won into a small reservoir. And there, Kwon Gang-won drowned.

“And if you go this way, it’s the direction of that reservoir, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“It’s definitely suspicious.”

A German imported car. Moreover, the license plate is intact, so Oh Bang-hwan can’t help but be suspected.

Moreover, Oh Bang-hwan’s vehicle was the only vehicle that entered and exited that road that day.

If there’s nothing to do at the reservoir, there’s no reason to go there.

“Do you know where the initial incident occurred?”

“I don’t know.”

“That’s a pity.”

If they can track the initial incident location, they can think about many things about the culprit. But if that’s not the case, they have to analyze the abandonment point after all.

“What do you think, sunbae [term of respect for a senior colleague]?”

“I still don’t think he’s the culprit.”

“Why? Even though the vehicle was found?”

“There are many places to hide around there.”

“Many places to hide?”

“Yeah.”

Park Do-joon said that and turned the screen to allow him to look around. At the same time, he opened another internet window on the screen and showed the surrounding aerial map.

“As you can see, there are quite a few reservoirs around here. There are also forests, and there are state-owned lands next to the road.”

“So?”

“So, he threw him in the reservoir? After driving for a long time? That doesn’t make sense.”

If the purpose is to hide, there are so many opportunities to hide even while going there. And based on Oh Bang-hwan’s house, there are places that don’t take long to get to.

“When abandoning a body, the culprit usually thinks of two things. Especially if it’s not a planned murder.”

In the case of planned murders, that is, serial murders, there are preferred abandonment locations. That’s why when a body is found, multiple bodies come out all at once.

“But in the case of accidents or sudden murders or one-off murders, they focus on concealment rather than preference.”

“And?”

“But, is that small reservoir really a suitable place for concealment?”

“Not at all.”

Only then did Detective Kim Man-hyeok, who heard those words, realize it. In fact, he has solved many cases, but most one-off murders tried to hide the body somehow.

“If you throw it in the water, it’s almost impossible to find, right?”

“That’s the case when it’s a certain size.”

Places that have depth and are of a certain size, so unless you deliberately search the reservoir, you can’t find them.

Reservoirs in name only, but in fact, they are almost the size of ordinary lakes. If you throw a body in such places, it is almost impossible to find the body inside.

“But look at this picture of the reservoir. It’s not big.”

A size where you can clearly see the other side from either side. Of course, if it’s a reservoir of that size, you can’t help but find someone standing on either side.

“Moreover, according to this record, there is no effort to hide the body itself.”

“Effort to hide?”

“It’s common sense that bodies float in water.”

To be exact, when you throw a body in at first, it sinks into the water. But when decomposition begins, gas is generated and it floats in the water, and when that gas escapes, it sinks.