My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 382

“That’s true.”

“So, it shouldn’t be too hard to find out about it.”

“Will you do that for me?”

Of course, if Lee Chang-man couldn’t handle it and quit, Park Do-joon wouldn’t mind. But somehow, his intuition gave him a strong feeling that this wasn’t the end of it.

Not long after, Jung Yi-yeon came to Park Do-joon with information.

“Detective, I looked into it. Did he start acting like that after taking on a case?”

“A case? What case?”

“I heard it’s a murder case, but I don’t know the details. I heard a woman died, and he’s been in a complete panic ever since.”

“A woman?”

“Yeah, do you know anything about it?”

“I don’t.”

It must have been a case that came in while he was solving the snuff film case. Cases are dispatched, so it would have been assigned to someone else. That’s why he wouldn’t know.

“No information?”

“Of course, there is.”

Park Do-joon could look it up himself, but Lee Chang-man and the other team members didn’t like him. If he interfered with a case that wasn’t assigned to him, their already awkward relationship would really fall apart.

No, that wasn’t a major concern. But if that happened, there was a high possibility that they would try to discipline him for overstepping his authority, so he wanted to avoid that if possible.

“Here’s the case.”

Jung Yi-yeon handed over a file, as if she had prepared it in advance.

“You even got this?”

“You know the police situation best, Detective.”

“I’m going crazy, really.”

“Ah, I can’t say who leaked this.”

Park Do-joon shook his head. Such investigation data shouldn’t be leaked to the outside so easily. But the fact that she handed it over so confidently showed how corrupt things were internally.

‘Well, this isn’t exactly news.’

Moreover, since he was the one benefiting from it, he had no intention of reporting it. Park Do-joon opened the case file he had received. The first thing he saw was the name.

“Unknown?”

Park Do-joon sighed deeply when he saw that there was no picture, only a name.

“What’s wrong, Detective?”

“It says ‘Unknown.’”

“So what?”

“It means there’s no identification.”

“Is it a John Doe case?”

“That’s what they call it sometimes. To be exact, this time it would be more accurate to call it Jane Doe.”

The name John Doe is used in Western countries to refer to an unidentified man. One of the most common uses is for the body of an unidentified adult male, so usually when you say John Doe, it refers to a death case. Of course, such a title is not only for men. In the case of women, it is called Jane Doe, and in the case of children, it is called Baby Doe.

“In Korea, we just call them ‘Unknown.’”

“Really?”

“Yeah, and since there’s no picture, it’s not a missing person case, and it looks like the body is in terrible condition.”

“Without even looking at it?”

Jung Yi-yeon clicked her tongue at his deduction.

“Usually, the victim’s picture comes first.”

Even if it’s a deceased person, they take a picture of the body and put it in the front. That way, it’s easier to identify them later.

But such a picture isn’t included? That means the condition of the body is so bad that you can’t recognize it even if you show the picture.

“Didn’t you see it?”

“I did see it.”

At that moment, Lee Ji-soo had a strange expression. Well, there’s no way she wouldn’t have seen it. People are naturally curious.

Park Do-joon didn’t go to the next page and went straight to the back. These sensitive photos are usually placed at the back. He groaned without realizing it.

“Ugh.”

“The situation is bad, right?”

“It’s bad.”

The body was swollen as if it had been in the water for a long time. Some of it even had traces of being eaten by fish. A situation where identification is nearly impossible.

“It was found in the sea?”

The content of the case was simple. A body was found in the sea. It had concrete shoes on, and the cause of death was excessive bleeding. After death, the arms and legs were encased in concrete and the body was dumped into the sea.

“From the criminal’s point of view, they’re terribly unlucky, really.”

The reason for the discovery was a fishing boat. In fact, if you work with concrete in this way and throw it into the water, it rarely gets caught in fishing nets. In this case, it sinks deep, and ordinary fishing boats don’t cast their nets to that depth.

However, a Chinese trawler was illegally fishing there and was caught by the Coast Guard. Because they were pulling it in, they couldn’t escape and were arrested.

Of course, depending on the situation, they cut the net, but this time the Coast Guard didn’t give them a chance and caught them right away.

The problem was that the Coast Guard had no choice but to pull up the net.

If they cut the net, it would pollute the sea. In such cases, they first pull it up, release the fish inside, and recover the net.

“And it was there……”

Of course, the Coast Guard was in an uproar. But no matter how much the Coast Guard monitors the sea, they can’t identify the body, and they don’t have their own profiler team. So, they asked us for cooperation.

“What do you think, Detective? Who is this woman?”

“Probably a victim of a crime.”

“No, that’s not what I’m asking.”

Unless concrete burial is suddenly becoming popular as a form of funeral, this can only be a victim of a crime.

“Wait a minute, the 담당 [person in charge] is Jung Jin-han.”

“Do you know him?”

“Well, he’s on the same team.”

And like the other team members, they don’t have a particularly good relationship. But he’s not incompetent, and he’s not someone who tries to curry favor like Han Sung-gi. They don’t have a good relationship, but he does his job.

“Hmm, his judgment isn’t wrong.”

Jung Jin-han’s judgment is that the victim appears to be a victim of a sexual crime. The perpetrator is likely part of a large organization and is believed to be operating in the Pyeongtaek area.

“Is this judgment correct?”

“It’s correct.”

“I’m surprised you admit it. Usually, you say it’s wrong?”

“It would be strange if those guys were wrong. In fact, Jung Jin-han’s skills aren’t bad. The basis for his judgment is also quite solid.”

There are no fingerprint records or anything for the woman. Fingerprints are bound to disappear in the water. Nevertheless, the reason he judged her to be a victim of a sexual crime was because of the traces of grooming on her fingernails and the fact that her hair was quite well-maintained.

“Most women take care of their hair?”

“It’s different.”

“Different?”

“Most women focus on preserving their hair’s health. But women in the nightlife industry focus on making it look good. There’s a difference.”

It looks good, and they use various rinses to make it look fancy, but in reality, the hair’s elasticity decreases due to frequent maintenance, which is common for women in the nightlife industry.

“That’s not proof of a sexual crime?”

“The clothes are also a problem. The clothes the woman is wearing are not everyday clothes. It’s what they call a ‘club dress.’ What does that mean?”

“You mean she’s a bar girl.”

“That’s right.”

The fact that a bar girl’s body is dumped like this suggests something went wrong.

“This is difficult, isn’t it?”

“Why?”

“No, looking at the picture… Ugh. Can I even tell you this?”

“Hey, between us.”

“It’s not about us, it’s just that this seems like it’s going to get bigger than I thought.”

“Get bigger?”

“Well, you’re involved in it too. This, it’s not an accident.”

“Not an accident?”

“You see the traces of her hands and feet being fixed [tied up]?”

Her whole body is full of bruises and wounds, but the wounds on her hands and feet are particularly prominent. Wounds in the form of round bands.

“This means the deceased was tied up at the time. And she has bruises and wounds all over her body. That means someone abused the victim.”

“Wow?”

“And she’s wearing a club dress. That also means someone kidnapped her.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means it wasn’t a random rape.”

If it was a random rape, there shouldn’t be those wounds or the club dress. But if they exist, then it was a planned crime.

“And if that happened, someone should have reported it.”

“That’s true. There should be at least a missing person report.”

“But there’s no such report.”

“Isn’t it because she’s a bar girl?”

Certainly, missing person reports for bar girls who move around frequently can be delayed.

“It would be nice if you could think that simply.”

The problem is that she was thrown into the sea with concrete shoes and concrete gloves.

“Ordinary crimes don’t do that. In most cases, criminal organizations prefer that method.”

In the case of individual crimes, the perpetrator either buries the target somewhere or just throws them into the sea.

Because fixing concrete on the hands and feet is not as easy as you think. Even if the deceased doesn’t resist, you still have to buy cement, mix it with water and sand, put it in a designated container, and it takes time for it to harden to some extent.

It takes at least a day to get to that point, and after that, it takes individual strength to move it to a boat, drag it out to sea, and throw it back in.

“Is it because the probability of being discovered is much lower than burying it in the ground?”

“Not really.”

“Not really?”

“The land is just as wide.”

The chances of being discovered by chance are low in both land and sea. Or in some ways, the land might be better.

Assuming only the point of chance, there is no reason to approach the abandoned site and dig up the land unless there is sudden redevelopment or construction.

On the other hand, there is a slight possibility that scuba divers or fishermen may approach the sea.

The possibility of being caught by a fishing boat like this time cannot be ignored either.

“But why the sea?”

“The body decomposes much faster in the sea.”

If a body is buried in the ground, it lasts for months or years. Even if the body rots, the bones leave a shape, so they can be discovered by chance.

“But not in the sea.”

In the water, the body rots and begins to collapse in just a few days. Moreover, marine life immediately starts eating the body. Naturally, the bones also collapse and are scattered in all directions by the currents and other creatures.

Of course, even if a bone is caught by chance, it will break quickly unless it is a strong one like a skull or femur [thigh bone], and even if it is caught by chance, most people don’t know that it is a human bone.

“So, in the long run, the sea is better?”

“That’s right.”

Park Do-joon said that and frowned.

“The problem is that the guys who know that and do it are often professionals.”

“Professional?”

“Yeah, and looking at this situation overall…”

Park Do-joon’s thoughts became complicated. He was bothered to just ignore it, but he couldn’t cross the line because it was someone else’s case, and he didn’t have a particularly good relationship with that person.

My Calling is Profiler