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Lee Hae-young.\NDisappeared September 2009.

She was 27 years old at that time.

Seo Yeong-jin. Disappeared May 2001.\NShe was 35 at that time.

Park Ah-young. Disappeared March 2004.\NShe was 25.

Noh Hyun-mi. Disappeared October 2005.\NShe was 43.

Park Se-jung. Estimated time\Nof disappearance is April 2006.

She was 28.

Kim Yun-min. Disappeared January 2008.\NShe was 39.

Namgung Sun. Disappeared April 2010.\NShe was 31.

Lee Mi-jung. Disappeared June 2011.\NShe was 23.

And there's one more victim\Nwhose identity we don't know yet.

That's nine corpses in total that\Nwe've found buried in Mt. Dong-eui.

Each corpse was wrapped with a mat,\Na paper box or a plastic bag,

and its head was covered with a black\Nplastic bag before they were buried.

Are you saying they\Nwere killed by one person?

Yes. That's what we're\Nassuming right now.

And there's more.

These are the victims\Nof the Hongwon-dong case in 1997.

The MO and the way the bodies\Nwere wrapped...

were the same as the bodies\Nwe found recently.

What are you talking about?

Are you saying nine more people died\Nbecause we couldn't catch the killer?

What were you all doing?

If the press finds out about this,\Nit will be a disaster.

How are we going to stop that?

We can't stop it.

And we shouldn’t stop it.

What?

This is a serial murder case\Nwith nine dead victims.

We won't be able to control the press.

Are you saying we should admit\Nthat we were useless back then?

Why not let the Cold Case Squad take over?

They solved big cases like\Nthe South Gyeonggi case.

People have a lot of trust in them.

The case wasn't solved\Nbecause of the police in the past

but the team will take over and solve it.

This will be enough\Nto keep the media quiet.

What do you guys think?

I think it would be for the best.

Okay.

The Wide-Area Squad Commander\Nis here, right?

Yes, sir.

Give the Cold Case Squad full support

and report back to me with everything\Nthat happens with the investigation.

Yes, sir.

Did you do that on purpose?

You want them to fail...

so that you can blame them\Nand shut down the squad, right?

Why?

Are you worried about them?

Is that why...

you didn't report when Park Hae-young\Nwas digging up Kim Sung-bum?

They won't be the only ones...

who get disadvantages if they fail.

Tell us.

What happened when you got taken?

Why couldn't they catch the killer?

Will you be okay?

Shouldn't you go to the hospital?

Tell me.

I... don't know.

I couldn't see anything.

Cha Soo-hyun,\Nyou're no ordinary victim.

You're a detective.

The guy who took you\Nkilled two people already.

We need your memory to catch him.

You don't even know for sure.

The Captain told us to investigate it\Nas a kidnapping case.

Tell me.

You must've heard something.

A sound…

Water…

I heard the sound of water dripping.

It's hard to live, right?

Be quiet.

It was a voice...

of a young man.

And his hand...

was thin and cold.

And then...

he went out after telling me

to wait for him.

The door opened.

Cold wind came in.

I felt that I'd die\Nif I didn't leave then.

So...

I got up...

and looked for the door.

But…

I can't do it.

Keep going.

-Let her rest.\N-Cha Soo-hyun! Look at me!

Look at me!

It's okay now.

So talk.

I found...

the door.

There was a dead body there?

I'm not sure.

But that hand...

was so cold.

How did you escape?

And after that?

I kept running.

And then,

I ran into something.

I think I passed out.

When I opened my eyes...

you were there.

Which direction did you run?

I just...

ran forward.

I just ran forward.

But I couldn't see anything.

How long?

How long did you run for?\NHow many minutes?

I don't know.

Think hard!

10 minutes…

I think I ran for 15 minutes.

Anything else?

The smell.

What kind of smell?

When I got out of that house...

I could smell a sewer.

There's a stream in Hongwon-dong.

The sound of running water?

I don't… I don't know.

Think harder.

I think I heard it.

I heard the sound of running water.

This will do.

Somewhere near the stream.

A house with a bathroom.

A man who lives alone.\NThat's enough for us to find him.

You should go home and get some rest.

Or go to the hospital.

Somebody take her to the hospital.

Okay.

Did you have to do that to someone\Nwho just went through that?

Where are you going?

To the armory.

I'm going to kill that son of a bitch.

It's 10 to 15 minutes distance\Nfrom where you found her.

If you draw straight lines,

there are three areas\Nwhere she may have been locked up.

Look for a one-story place\Nwith a bathroom or a sink.

A man in his 20s who lives alone.

This is a record of people\Nwho moved into the area.

You'll be able to see who lives alone.

Okay.

Let's do this.

VICTORIA BAR

Shit.

Hey, wait for me!

Have you heard anyone\Nscreaming around here?

Did you hear a woman screaming?

No.

Did you get anything?

Get in.

-Let's go this way.\N-This way.

There's no man living alone over there.

Get in quickly.

I thought we could find him quickly.

But we couldn't find anything.

Time passed by

and the Captain, Kim Bum-joo at that time,

told us to close the case.

Close the case?

Two people died and a detective\Nnearly did, too.

If they had caught him,

nine people wouldn't have died.

The executives don't like\Nserial murder cases, now or back then.

There's no motive.\NThey kill anyone for no reason.

That's why there aren't enough leads.

The serial killers that\Nhave been caught were

caught by informants or coincidences.

Gosh, you work so hard and get no leads

and get criticized for being incompetent.

And every time that happens,\Nsomeone takes the blame and gets fired.

This time, too.

If we don’t catch him,\Nwe could take all the blame.

It's like we are holding a ticking bomb.

HONGWON-DONG CASE REPORT

We spoke to the families of the victims\Nexcept for the one who's unidentified.

We found out some important facts.

Three of the victims\Nlived in Hongwon-dong

and the other five had to\Ncome to Hongwon-dong often

for work, relocation, marriage and so on.

All the victims including\Nthe ones in 1997

had some sort of connection\Nto Hongwon-dong.

And as the southwest side\Nof Mt. Dong-eui

is near the north of Hongwon-dong,

it's likely the killer has lived\Nor worked in Hongwon-dong

since 1997 to present day.

Any other leads?

A serial murder...

especially one that happened before

needs a precise profiling.

Now, we will present to you\Nour profile on the killer.

That arrogant douchebag...

As you all know,

I only know theory.\NI'm inexperienced in actual investigation.

So what I'm about to tell you\Nis purely theoretical.

After you catch the killer, it could\Nend up being groundless speculation.

So I ask you only to refer to this\Nwhile you investigate.

According to what we've found

in Mt. Dong-eui and the way\Nhe wrapped and buried the corpses,

it's possible that he's\Nvery meticulous and careful.

His hair and clothing are clean and neat,\Nalmost compulsively.

Whether at his home or work,\Nthings around him might also be very tidy.

It'd have taken him a long time\Nto wrap the corpses.

He probably has a place of his own\Nwhere he won't be interrupted.

It's likely he lives alone\Nin a house with no garden.

Because if he had a garden,

he'd have buried them there,\Nnot on Mt. Dong-eui.

Also, there is one thing about the victims\Nyou must remember.

Their age, looks, and height\Nwere all different.

The only thing they had in common\Nwas that they suffered from depression,

were getting depressed,

or appeared to be depressed.

In this kind of case, it's possible that\Nhe has a similar tendency or illness.

In other words, it's probable that\Nhe has depression.

It'll be 1,100 won.

He'd have needed a long time\Nto observe these traits,

meaning he'd be in a place where\Nhe could observe the victims.

Whether it was a psychology clinic\Nor a shop the victims often visited.

It's important that we find the place\Nall the victims went to.

We should focus on the routes\Nto their homes or workplaces

or anywhere they often went to\Nor anyone they all knew.

Cha Soo-hyun, what do you think?

I agree with him.

Okay.

I want team one to make a list\Nof co-workers and friends

of all the dead victims.

-Yes, sir.\N-And team two...

Find out their routes.

And I want the Cold Case Squad\Nto identify the last victim.

-Yes, sir.\N-That's it for today.

There's one more thing.

There's a witness who encountered\Nthe killer at that time.

Ouch.

Are you really going under hypnosis?

Didn't you hear what I said?

Even though you're a detective,

it's possible you have PTSD.

Are you sure you'll be okay?

I should've done it a long time ago.

It's my fault.

Those victims were murdered\Nbecause I couldn't catch him.

You didn't even see his face.

I don't know his face.

but I might remember his house.

There must be a clue

in my memory.

Close your eyes

and breathe out.

The breath will now relax\Nevery part of your body.

Breathe in and breathe out.

Concentrate on your breathing.

It is now the night of October 20, 1997.

You have been taken\Nby someone right now.

You don't have to remember\Nanything else.

Now go back to the time\Nwhen you got out of that house.

Do you feel the cold air?

What happened next?

I fell.

The smell...

What kind of smell?

A rotten smell.

The smell of a sewer.

And then, what happened?

What happened next?

I ran.

But…

I can't see.

I can't see what's front me.

Are you still running?

Yes.

I am still...

running.

I'm running straight.

But then...

I ran into something.

Try to see what it is you ran into.

I feel suffocated.

It's okay.

You're relaxed and you're safe.

Breathe slowly. Breathe slowly.

Breathe slowly.

Relax.

You are okay. Relax.

Take a deep breath.

That's good. You're more relaxed.

Take a deep breath.

Okay, keep breathing.

All right.

Are you okay?

What was that?

You went through hypnosis\Nbut got no new leads out of it.

I want to try one more time.

I might have missed something.

No. I think I missed something.

No.

Finding his house with your memory

already failed before.

We've got nine more victims after that.

We should focus on those victims now.

He's right.

We don't have to go over it again.

Focus on identifying the last victim.

Did you hear him say\NPark Hae-young is right?

You heard it too, right?

They say love and hate are the same.

Lieutenant Park, it's me.

Yes, I'm listening.

Hongwon-dong in 1997...

It's a black plastic bag, right?

Yes.

That's the case.

We couldn't catch him?

No, not yet.

We're investigating him right now.

All the victims were related to\NHongwon-dong

and were going through depression.\NWe have no other leads except those.

Were there any other things\Nthe victims had in common?

The victims were all shy.

They rarely went out to a grocery store.\NTheir walking routes were also different.

He killed two people\Nand almost killed our rookie, too.

We have to catch this son of a bitch.

Is that rookie Detective Cha Soo-hyun?

Do you know her?

How do you know her?

She is our team leader.

The team leader of the Cold Case Squad.

She's a team leader?\N0.5 is a team leader?

Wow!

That's the most shocking thing\NI've heard this year.

So, is the team functioning well?

Why?

Was she that bad?

Of course. She can't even drive.

A team leader? Oh my!

I think she went through\Na hard time back then.

Is she okay?

Even though she is a police officer,\Nshe was kidnapped.

She must be traumatized.

She'll get over it.

Well, she can't drive

but she's strong.

You should tell her that.

What?

If you only think it to yourself,\Npeople won't know.

It'd help her if you tell her yourself.

Even more so if it comes from you.

Me? Why?

I just think it would.

By the way,

aren't you curious about...

yourself in 2015?

I don't even like my dad\Ngoing to see fortune-tellers.

What good would it do me to know?\NI'll live my life anyway.

If you happen to meet me\Nand I don't have my act together...

you can punch me\Nso I can get it together.

Detective...

you actually are...

What about their co-workers and friends?

We looked into all victims\Nthat were identified.

They all knew very few people.

Besides their family,\Nthey had no friends.

Co-workers only said hello to them.

There wasn't anyone\Nwho often saw the victims.

It goes the same for the routes\Nand the places they often visited.

They rarely went outside.

They all lived around Hongwon-dong\Nand used the subway and buses.

However, the time of their use\Nand the bus routes were different.

So, we've got no leads?

-What about the last victim?\N-Ah, yes.

These are the clothes she was wearing\Nwhen she went missing.

Seeing that it's a winter jumper,\Nshe went missing during winter.

I checked with the clothing manufacturer,

it was first manufactured in 2014.

So, it's likely that\Nshe disappeared after 2014.

I checked again in\Nthe missing person's database

but there was no match.

There were no signs of\Ndental treatment or a surgery.

I also examined the bones,\Nand there was a large amount of mercury.

It wasn't a fatal dose, but she was\Nexposed for a long time.

Is that everything?

There's one more thing.

The other corpses were\Ntied from the front.

Which means the killer tied the victims\Nwhile looking at their face.

But this corpse was different.

It was tied at the back.

He put a plastic bag on from behind.

Also, the shape of the bone\Nfracture was different.

What do you mean?

The other victims were strangled\Nfrom the front.

But by looking at the bone fracture...

I think he strangled her from behind.

Like this.

Does it mean...

he moved in the shadows of this victim?

That's right.

This one was wrapped in a blanket.

A blanket.

It's soft and warm.

And he didn't want to look at her.

The way he disposed of the body changed.

There was a change in his mental state.

What are you getting at?

There must be a reason for\Nchanging his methods.

This victim moved him emotionally.

If we can confirm her identity,\Nwe'll be able to find a lead.

Cheers!

-Hey, you're buying today, right?\N-All right, it's on me.

Come on.

You should drink some.

Are you cold, son?

I'll make you warm.

Mommy, please. I don't like it.

Please let me out.\NMommy, please.

Mommy...

Mommy...

Please let me out.

I don't want to eat it.

I'll make you comfortable.

Let's go somewhere nice together.

Let's...

make this puppy comfortable.

Mommy, please. I'm scared.

Mommy, I'm scared. Let me out.

Mommy, Mommy!

Mommy...

Mommy...

Mommy, let me out.

Mommy...

Mommy, let me out.

It's hard to live, right?

I will...

help you.

I’ll help you. I’ll help you.

I’ll help you. I’ll help you.

I’ll help you. I’ll help you.

She'd be in her late 20s\Nor early 30s at the most.

She is about 162 cm tall.

She disappeared after 2014.

She had a connection to Hongwon-dong.

She probably had no family\Nbecause no one reported her missing.

We can ask around real estate offices,\Nif anyone suddenly disappeared

we'll figure out who she is.

There are hundreds of\Nreal estate offices here.

We have to find her.

If we find out who she is,\Nwe should have a lead.

If the culprit is still alive,\Nhe will kill again.

We must find him\Nbefore he does it again.

Let's split into two.

You go up the hill.

Excuse me.

Take this umbrella.

I have another one.

My place is this way.

You'll get cold if you walk in the rain.

Is this where you live?

Well, then I'll just…

Yoo Seung-yeon.

How did you know my name?

Was there a woman who lived alone\Nthat suddenly disappeared after 2014?

How would I know\Nif you don't, Detective?

You have a point.\NBut anyone lived in a studio flat or--

Hello? Okay. You're coming at five?

REAL ESTATE OFFICE

Let's split up here.

I'll check area one.\NYou check area three.

Let's do it together.

Do I look like a kid?

I'm fine, so let's split up.

I saw you.

If you go through hypnosis,\Nyour past memory can become clearer.

And this area is...

near the place where you were kidnapped.

We should stick together.

You said we have to find her fast.

Let me know when you find something.

We searched all around that stream.

We found nothing.

Okay, fine.

Let's try to widen the search areas\Nand look again.

Hey, we don’t have enough time and people.

We've stopped work on all our other cases.

You know what will happen\Nwith this and all the other cases.

If we don't get a lead in two weeks,\Nthey'll go cold.

Didn't you hear what Soo-hyun said?

-There's another body in that house.\N-She wasn't even sure.

It could have been a mannequin.

-What?\N-What she said didn't even make sense.

She was not even sure about time.

To be honest, we might be\Ndigging in the wrong place.

Is she still in the hospital?

I thought you'd never ask.

Something's not right. It's been\Nthree days of unexcused absences.

I think she went through\Na hard time back then.

Is she okay?

Even though she is a police officer,\Nshe was kidnapped.

She must be traumatized.

Are you all right?

You're not, are you?

I told the Captain that you're sick.

So you don’t have to worry about it.

You didn't have to do that.

What?

You were right.

I'm not ...

fit to be a police officer.

Hey, that was just...

I can't do it anymore.

I...

get so scared and my heart beats\Nso fast, every time

I hear the sound of a plastic bag.

I can't get it off from my head.

I'm scared of the streets.

I'm scared of corpses.

And...

I'm scared of criminals.

I'm not supposed to be like this, right?

I can't work as a detective\Nif I'm like this.

I don't think I can do it anymore.

Here.

This is for you.

SANGJU DRIED PERSIMMONS

You remember the mugger you caught?

A victim sent this to you to thank you.

I'm scared of criminals, too.

Who isn't?

I've met all sorts of people\Nwhile doing this job.

I met those who came at me\Nwith knives and tools.

Someone even came at me with an axe.

That's why I had to put\Na metal plate in my shoulder

Did you fight with him?

No, I was running away from him

and I got hit by a motorcycle.\NIt hurt really bad.

But what can we do?

Someone has to catch them.\NSomeone has to.

You can quit if you want.

No one will blame you.

Think about it and make your decision.

But you know,

it's not bad being a cop.

You never know.

You could become a team leader someday.

Well, maybe not.

A team leader…

Well, that was...

that was eaten by\Nall the other animals at work.

I didn't eat it.

I didn't.

Out of that pack of animals,\NI saved one for you.

I heard it's very sweet.

Is it good?

Hey, this is why we do the job.

Someone has to catch them.\NSomeone has to.

Someone...

has to catch them.

I'm looking for a woman\Nwho disappeared last winter.

She may have lived alone around here\Nand she'd be in her late 20s.

Well, nothing I know of.

If you remember anything,\Ncall me at this number.

Thank you for your time.

Oh, thanks.

Excuse me.

Why is this area empty?

There are no houses there.\NIt's all factories.

Factories?

There was a large amount of\Nmercury in her bones.

It wasn't a fatal dose,\Nbut she was exposed for a long time.

There is only one factory related\Nto mercury around Hongwon-dong.

It's called Sekang Electric Bulb.

The factory became known to the media\Nfor illegal disposal of mercury last year.

A female worker went missing last year?

It'd have been during winter.

Well, I don't know.

We have many workers\Nwho quit without telling us.

It won't affect the company.\NThis is very important.

You could just let me speak\Nto female workers here.

I'll ask them myself.

Well...

Isn't he asking about

that woman who disappeared\Nlast winter without a word?

She didn't talk much.

She wasn't close to anyone here.

She stayed in our dormitory.

Around the time we got sued last winter,\Nshe just didn't come back.

The company didn't have time\Nto care about it.

So I gathered her stuff.

TO CELEBRATE 2014

I looked into Yoo Seung-yeon's family.

Both her parents died already.

She had no siblings.

But her grandma is still alive.

Can you get her DNA and compare\Nit with the DNA of the remains?

-I think it is her.\N-Okay, I got it.

I cried today for no reason.

The sky was blue and the weather was nice.

I don't want to spend my birthday\Nalone next year.

Seung-yeon, happy birthday.

My heart races when I go there.

So I keep going there.

Is this the feeling of happiness?

I hope tomorrow comes fast.

I hope I will see him there again.

He's following me.

He was watching me.

I thought it was just a coincidence.

I wonder if he really likes me.

He is always behind me.

"I wish he would just talk to me."

Shampoo 7,000 won, socks 3,000 won,

kimbap 700 won and water 700 won.

A convenience store.

A convenience store.

The victims were all shy.

They rarely went out to a grocery store.

DETECTIVE CHA

Yes, it's me.

Did you find anything?

It's a convenience store.

A convenience store?

The victims were all shy.\NThey rarely went out to a grocery store.

Where would they buy\Ntheir daily necessities?

A convenience store's different.

No one cares whether you're alone\Nor what you're buying.

No one thinks it’s weird\Nif you eat alone there.

It's open for 24 hours,\Nso you can go anytime.

The last victim did the same thing.

I checked her household ledger.\NShe shopped at a convenience store.

Are you sure she's the last victim?

We are testing the DNA right now.

We'll be sure of it\Nwhen we get the results.

Before that,

I'll check the convenience stores\Naround her workplace.

Okay, I'm on my way there.

The streetlights…

are on my left.

The streetlights are on my right.

It's the opposite.

The streetlights...

It was the opposite way.

-Hello.\N-Yes, hello.

I'm here from Seoul Police.

Since when did you open here?

Since the year before last.

I need information on the people\Nwho've worked here since then.

I had two more part-time workers.

One is a high school student\Nand the other is in college.

If he started killing since 1997...

he must be in his mid-30s now.

His hair and clothing are clean and neat,\Nalmost compulsively.

Whether his home or work,

places around him might also be very tidy.

Hey, Cha Soo-hyun.

Hey... hey!

Hey, wake up. Hey!

Cha Soo-hyun, look at me!

Look at me!

Hey, Soo-hyun...

Cha Soo-hyun!

Cha Soo-hyun!

Cha Soo-hyun!

It's okay now... it's okay.

Everything's okay now.

At that time,

Jae-han thought that I ran straight\Nfrom the stream and got here.

So they searched around the stream.

The starting point was wrong.

This is where I fell.

That's when I lost my sense of direction.

So I ran back...

to the place...

where I started.

That's why

the streetlights were\Non the opposite side.

The memory...

I wanted to forget.

The memory I never wanted to bring back.

I said I'd help you.

Cha Soo-hyun!

This is where it happened.

It was...

around here.

It's Park Hae-young.

We've got the DNA result. It's her.\NYoo Seung-yeon is the last victim.

Yoo Seung-yeon.

How did you know my name?

The smell at that time...

-What are you doing?\N-Did you clean up here?

No, it's the guy who worked before me.

Where is he?

He's done working.\NHe's probably home by now.

Let go of me. It hurts.

The tools he used\Nto dispose of the bodies...

He's trying to kill again.

I'll help you this time.

The Cold Case Squad is off this case.

Can you believe the story\Nthat I can't even believe?

-Did you get dumped?\N-Shut up.

Opening those pretty eyes again.

Are you finally going to confess?

I was looking for you.\NYou probably want to meet.

I have a favor to ask.

I'm Detective Ahn Chi-soo.

Tell me the truth about that case.

The investigation should be transparent.

Let's clean everything this time.

I'm going to find out what happened\Neven if it kills me.