My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 465

“There are even guys who throw a fit for giving some kids in need pork cutlets, you know.”

There was actually such an incident. The government supports meal expenses for poor children, but that money is practically only enough to buy cup noodles.

A pork cutlet restaurant owner, knowing this, provided free pork cutlets to those children. However, one of the customers complained online, saying, ‘How can you feed the same pork cutlets to poor kids and me?’ and even attempted to terrorize the restaurant.

Of course, most people responded by saying, ‘Let’s go eat there and punish them.’

“As a result, most guardians with disabled children act passively and defensively. They shrink back, afraid that their children might get hurt.”

To protect children who cannot protect themselves, they suppress their pride and work for their children.

“In fact, some guys who pick on disabled people try to fill their self-esteem by using that psychological pressure.”

Exploiting the fact that they cannot resist my attacks to show their aggression and assert that they are stronger. That is often their purpose.

“The important thing is that they often neglect the person they are supposed to protect the moment they are harassed.”

Park Do-joon said, tapping the files.

“Just like these cases.”

The common phenomenon was that the child disappeared while the guardian was being harassed by someone on the street and apologizing to them. And by the time they realized their children were gone and started looking around, the people who had harassed them had disappeared.

“And even if they wanted to find the people who harassed them, they couldn’t.”

The common trait of the harassers: they were wearing hats, sunglasses covering half of their faces, and even masks.

“If it’s like this, we should see it as kidnapping, not just a missing person case.”

The problem is that if you report this to the police, they 100% treat it as a missing person case, not a kidnapping. Because most incidents happen in crowded situations, and many police officers don’t think kidnapping can happen in those situations.

“People mostly think that in kidnapping cases, the victim resists, struggles, and screams.”

So, if there’s none of that, they naturally think it’s not kidnapping. But in the case of mentally disabled people, many of them don’t have such defensive abilities, so kidnapping is not impossible.

“That’s the worst.”

“It is the worst.”

Not kidnapping, but a missing person case. Then the victim’s families would live with the guilt of their child disappearing because of them.

In fact, many families commit suicide because of that guilt.

“How foolish.”

Park Do-joon sighed deeply while looking at the files. He couldn’t help it.

“If only there had been someone……”

If only someone had dug into this properly, if only someone had paid attention, they could have easily determined that this was kidnapping, not just a missing person case.

Logically, the same type of disappearance cannot be repeated several times.

But the police shoved everything into the missing person category and didn’t even investigate… as a result, they disappeared like this.

“Looking at this situation, the culprit is at least a group of five or more.”

“Five or more?”

“Yes.”

According to the case records, the people who harass are usually two.

“Even if they are disabled, at least two people would be needed to move the victim.”

Because it might be difficult to subdue them with just one person.

“In general, criminals try to have a vehicle waiting.”

“Weren’t they just meeting up later and going together?”

“That’s unlikely. Because they don’t know what might happen. The chances of the police not finding those people are high, but not 100%.”

Even though it’s a missing person case, the fact that the victim disappeared at the point of being harassed means that the person who harassed them is likely to be suspected.

“Well, it’s not in these records, though.”

But someone else might have suspected it. So, they are wearing hats, sunglasses, and even masks to hide their faces.

“And the common thing is that there are no CCTVs [closed-circuit televisions].”

In that situation, it is impossible for the police to find the people who harassed them.

“The problem is that even if we find those guys, there’s no evidence that they kidnapped them.”

Harassing the family of a disabled person is morally wrong, but it’s not legally problematic.

“As you said, if they move together, they might be noticed. But if they move separately, that’s not the case.”

If they move separately and meet at a designated place, the police cannot secure the connection with the kidnappers, and as a result, they get away completely. And once that happens, the thread of the chase is cut off, so naturally, tracking is impossible.

“So, they will move separately.”

In other words, two people to divert attention, two people to subdue and take the victim, and one driver. So, it is highly likely to be an organized group of at least five people.

“And one of those criminals is likely to belong to a disabled organization. Probably the driver.”

“What? How do you know that?”

“The missing locations are too wide.”

It’s not a specific area or city, but almost spread all over the country.

“According to the victims’ statements, their movements were also irregular.”

It’s not a regular course for social training, but people who were briefly out and about were targeted.

“They probably have to do that to harass them.”

In most cases, disabled people are transported to and from protective facilities by vehicle. Even if the family or guardian does not have a vehicle, it is common for the protective facility to operate a vehicle, so it is impossible to harass them in that situation.

“That means the criminals identified and tracked the kidnapping targets.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“But there’s still a problem, right?”

How did they know their existence? If external outings are extremely limited as Park Do-joon said, then the existence of disabled people would not be recognized externally.

“But there’s something interesting.”

“What is it?”

“They all went to the same hospital.”

“All the same hospital?”

“Yes.”

“You said it’s nationwide?”

Nationwide means that the hospitals they attend are bound to be different due to their distance. A patient in Seoul wouldn’t go to a hospital in Busan.

“Of course, that’s right. Rehabilitation treatment is completely different. But the diagnosis is the same.”

Park Do-joon said, tapping the table.

“In fact, the police will only check the hospitals that they commonly attend.”

But if the region is far, there is no suspicion.

“But parents tend to want to deny reality.”

They want to believe that their child is not mentally disabled, so many parents deny the tests they received in the provinces and try to go to a big hospital.

“Seoul Sang-ah Hospital.”

It is the most famous hospital for disabilities in Korea and also the largest.

“I’ve already checked with the National Health Insurance Service.”

It wasn’t difficult to confirm that all the missing people were diagnosed at Seoul Sang-ah Hospital. And then they went to hospitals near their homes.

“Now, let’s go catch those guys.”

# The Beastly Horde

Seoul Sang-ah Hospital. It is the largest and most reputable disability hospital in Korea. That’s why it is a hospital that many disabled people attend, and it also has good rehabilitation facilities.

“We don’t have people like that!”

Of course, the director of Sang-ah Hospital had no choice but to get angry. It is a serious problem that they provided information on sex crimes.

“You wouldn’t know. No one would say that openly.”

“No, I’m going crazy! We really don’t know!”

And the nurse next to him shouted in a sharp voice.

“Do you see us as such shameless people?”

“We have no reason to do that!”

“We are not devils!”

The nurses bit their lips and trembled. Well, they must be upset. They are in the hospital to protect patients, but to sell patients’ personal information and even traffic them.

“However, as a result of confirming the missing people’s whereabouts, the only common thing is that they received their final diagnosis at this hospital.”

Yoo Gi-tae’s voice was so cold that it felt scary. It was to the point where he wanted to beat them up right away and shout at them to tell the truth, saying that there was a devil inside.

“So, we have no reason to pass on the information!”

“You’ll know if you check the records. There must be someone who checks the patient records, right?”

“That……! We don’t have a system to track that. Besides, that person is not our hospital’s customer.”

They didn’t continue to go to Sang-ah Hospital, but people who were doing adaptation training at rehabilitation hospitals or disability hospitals near their homes after the diagnosis.

So, the most recent record is 5 years ago, and the oldest record is 10 years ago.

“I’m going crazy.”

The doctor with the half-bald head pounded his chest as if he was frustrated to death.

“Okay, okay, calm down, and we just need to check the patient records.”

“We can’t just show you the patient records.”

“We have the consent of the parties involved. If you want, we’ll get a warrant. But if that happens, can the director handle the situation?”

The moment a warrant is issued, Sang-ah Hospital’s name will be out, and the families of disabled people will immediately cut ties. Knowing that, the doctor’s face turned pale.

“Unless there is no consent from the person concerned, there is no reason to go to court if there is consent from the person concerned.”

Park Do-joon gently persuaded the director, and the director unknowingly groaned.

“Okay. But we’re really upset.”

“We’ll see when we look.”

Park Do-joon said, going to the computer and checking the records. And he nodded while looking at the records.

“As expected.”

“What do you mean as expected, Detective?”

“Each patient’s ward is different.”

“Is that different?”

“It’s different. This is a very serious problem.”

“Why?”

“Nurses hardly interact with each other if their wards are different.”

Their working hours are different, and even if they have the same working hours, they have no reason to work in other wards.

“So, they must have checked it electronically. Or they checked it while walking around.”

“Well? Can that be done? Look, what’s missing from the document. I told you. Sometimes what’s missing is more important than what’s there.”

At Park Do-joon’s words, Yoo Gi-tae looked at the documents on the computer and shook his head as if he couldn’t figure it out.

“I don’t know?”

“There are no photos. In the first place, there are no hospitals that put photos in medical records.”

“Why is that?”

“Did you see the faces of the victims? But most of them are of average attractiveness. Or to be exact, many of them are on the pretty side.”