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Shall we talk about our next business now

Lieutenant Park Hae-young, right?

A cop sold information to a reporter?

Find something else,y\Nou're not suited to being a cop.

Gosh, till the end?

Lieut. Park? I'm Lee Jae-han.

Who are you? Seonil Mental Hospital?

It's the body of Seo Hyung-joonthe case suspect

The walkie-talkie had no batteries\NIt makes no sense.

Who are you? How did you know\Nit's Hyung-joon's body?

Hand me all the files.

We have only 29 hours left.

It's a 15-year cold case.\NYou think you can do it?

I saw the culprit.\NIt was a woman who took Yoon-jung.

You're doomed\NWe have irrefutable evidence.

-Are you crazy?\N-This is our last chance.

Even if it goes wrong\NI'll take full responsibility.

I'm calling about the abduction case.

Soo-hyun will take the lead\Nand Team Two will support.

-Why are you doing this to me?-It's not her.

15 years ago and even now,\Nshe's overestimated her strategies.

She calculated the time\Nbefore calling us.

She must be close by.

She must be watching us\Nbeing played around.

Yoon Soo-ah.

20 MINUTES BEFORE EXPIRATION\NOF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

TEN MINUTES BEFORE EXPIRATION\NOF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

Let me borrow these.

Let's just beat her up.

It's over in ten minutes.\NDon't you think she knows that?

Times have changed. We can't beat her up.

-How dare you say that?\N-We only need three to five minutes.

That's all we need to show our evidence\Nand confuse the suspect.

If we try to shake her up,\Nwe still might have a chance.

Yoon Soo-ah.

You work at Youngin Hospital,

make 3.5m won a month\Nand live in a luxury apartment in Gangnam.

After paying the rent, utilities,\Nand transportation costs,

you must not have much left.

Yet your locker\Nwas full of designer brands.

You must have a decent boyfriend too,\Nright now.

Like Seo Hyung-joon

from 15 years ago.

I don't know what you mean.

You showed us your locker yourself.

You lied that it was Kang Se-young's.

Why did you lie?

I wanted to see how thoroughly\Nthe police investigates the case.

You lost the culprit before\Nbecause you were fooled by lies.

If you fail again,

won't you feel bad\Nfor that poor little girl?

So, you're saying...

that locker belongs to you, right?

-Yes.\N-All stuff in there is yours too, right?

-Yes.\N-Good.

Thank you.

We gained some time thanks to you.

I'm thanking you for giving us\Nyour DNA.

She got defensive.

She's nervous thinking about\Nwhat she missed.

We have to make her confess...

in three to five minutes.

Are you wondering what we'll do\Nwith your DNA?

The manhole, 15 years ago.

Don't you remember?

Do you know which everyday item\Npicks up the most DNA?

The second pair of eyes

that stays with you all day long.

Glasses.

Recognize these?

You're mistaken.

-These are not mine.\N-I know that.

They are not yours.

These belong to Seo Hyung-joon\Nand he wore them when he died.

Do you know glasses carry\Nthe most evidence?

The spot that holds the most DNA...

the nose bridge of the glasses.

Whatever gets on the glasses,

the highest chance of preserving it...

is on this hinge.

What do you think was found\Non his glasses?

How would I know that?

You wouldn't.

That's why you left them\Nin the manhole.

On those glasses,

we found the culprit's blood.

The blood that belongs to you.

You're lying.

There's no way you could find that\N15 years later.

I thought it was a lie too, at first.

But...

even with a small amount of blood

that we find,

we can still extract DNA

after 10, 20, and even 100 years.

It's the gift science gives to the victim.

Okay, we have her.

This is the crucial part.

You think you're the smartest

and that the police are beneath you.

You're wrong this time.

You killed

Seo Hyung-joon at Seonil Hospital\N15 years ago.

You need to-- Are you crazy?

Why?

To hide the fact that you kidnapped\Nand killed Yoon-jung.

Because you needed the 50 million won.

You are...

the culprit in both Kim Yoon-jung\Nand Seo Hyung-joon's cases.

It's now...

over for you.

Say it...

you killed them.

You haven't found it, have you?

Irrefutable evidence.

If you had, you wouldn't be doing this.

You'd have just gone ahead\Nand charged me.

Right?

Do you think I'll admit to it?

When's the DNA result coming out?

Have you heard from forensics?

I didn't do it.

I did work at Seonil Mental Hospital.

But I didn't kill them.

We have the result.

The DNA on Seo Hyung-joon's glasses

matches Yoon Soo-ah's DNA.

The result is not back yet.\NGet him out of there!

We've less than a minute.

You killed them.

Both of them.

You killed a 12-year-old girl

just for 50 million won!

Why did you kill her?

You didn't have to kill her.

You had already taken the ransom.\NWhy did you kill her?

Come on. Say it.

Come on.

I...

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS EXPIRES IN...

...didn't kill them.

Can I leave now?

We have the results.

It's a 99.98% match.

She's the culprit.

Why tell me that now?

Why!

Ms. Cha. This was found in the clothes\Non the body and we restored it.

I hope it'll help.

PARKING TICKET

Yoon Soo-ah.

You're under arrest for murdering\NSeo Hyung-joon 15 years ago.

You have the right to a lawyer.

You have the right to remain silent.

What are you doing?

We just found the estimated time of death.

PARKING TICKET\NJULY 30, 2000, 00:05

The statute of limitations\Non Yoon-jung's case expired.

But on Seo Hyung-joon's case,

we still have one day left.

This is impossible.

Take her.

This is impossible.

Wait.

What about Yoon-jung's case?

Why can't you solve her case?

I'm sorry.

Because we don't know her\Nexact time of death,

the statue of limitations\Nis based on an estimate.

So...

Yoon-jung could have died

before or after

Seo Hyung-joon,

so the law is...

in favor of the suspect.

So...

that woman killed my daughter, right?

And she won't be punished for it?

Right?

I'm sorry.

Then let me punish her.

Hey, get over here!

Get over here!

Why did you kill her?

Why did you kill my daughter?

Stop! Get over here!

You cruel thing.

Why did you kill her?\NHow can this be possible?

How can this be possible?

I waited 15 years for this.

I waited for her to get caught.

I've been waiting for this.

I'm sorry, Yoon-jung.

I'm so sorry.

What kind of law is this?

How could this happen?

I feel so sorry for my daughter.

I'm so sorry, Yoon-jung.

How am I ever supposed to face\Nmy daughter again?

For whom does the statute of limitations\Nexist for?

Although Kim Yoon-jung\Nand Seo Hyung-joon

were murdered by the same criminal,\NKim Yoon-jung's case

will remain unsolved.

According to the amended law,

there's no statute of limitations\Nfor crimes after August 1, 2000.

What about previous cases?

Are those who killed before that date\Ninnocent?

For the sake of all the victims,

all homicides should be investigated\Nregardless of the deadline.

We can't just abolish\Nthe statute of limitations.

Some people\Nhave already been declared innocent.

We can't tell them they are guilty now

because the law has changed.

You consider rights of the murderers\Nbut what about the victims' rights?

Even if it does happen,\Nit'll still be a problem.

Long term cases from before 2000\Nare hard to solve

because we have no evidence or witnesses.

What if we lose out on current cases

while focusing on cold cases?

We'll end up creating more cold cases!

The police should form\Na long-term cold case team.

You! You killed my daughter!

He didn't do it.

Sun-woo!

Sun-woo!

Sun-woo!

PARK SUN-WOO\N1983. 06. 31 - 2000. 02. 18

Just like the South Gyeonggi\Nserial murders,

many cases like this remain,

and give our society pain.

Someone has to do something.

It's him.

WE WANT RE-INVESTIGATION

What do you think about the claims?

The public think the police should form\Na cold case team.

What do you think?

-Reopen the case.\N-We want the truth.

WE WANT RE-INVESTIGATION

WE WANT THE TRUTH

I NEED THE TRUTH FOR MY CHILD\NREOPEN THE CASE

Citizens are demanding answers.

Can a murderer's crime

be negated by a time limit\Nset by legal authorities?

Someone must answer that question now.

Stop there!

Let go of me!

Let go!

Stop there!

Hey, you!

You punk!

Soo-hyun!

The second bill to amend criminal law\Npassed the Assembly.

Therefore, all crimes\Nsuch as murder, arson and kidnap

will no longer have\Na statute of limitations.

There's now hope to solve

the Kim Yoon-jung abduction case\Nof 2000.

As the statute of limitations was removed

from crimes before 2000,

long-term cold cases will also be opened\Nand investigated soon.

They're such fools.

Just because there's no deadline,

it doesn't mean we can find\Nthose elusive criminals.

Right?

We're setting up\Na long-term cold case team in Seoul.

You take responsibility.

You caused the mess.

You should pay for it.

"Jinyang Police Station\NHomicide Division One, Cha Soo-hyun.

You contributed to solving\Nthe Seo Hyung-joon case

that occurred on July 30, 2000.

To acknowledge your contribution,

I'm appointing you as a member\Nof the new long-term cold case team

established at the Seoul\NMetropolitan Police Agency..."

It's so long.

Anyway, you are being appointed.

Get her a new business card.

Okay.

I told you to control your temper.

Look at me.

I'm demoted,

but I'm still going with the flow.

It's best not to mess with\Nhigh voltage lines and superiors.

Consider it as a break.

With the long-term cold case team.

Gye-chul.

-You got a transfer order too.\N-Is it a promotion?

"To the long-term cold case team."

Mr. Choi.\NGet another lot of business cards.

Okay.

Damn it.

Where's Chi-soo?

Is he at the sauna?

Heon-gi.

You got a transfer order.

TRANSFER ORDER\NTO THE LONG-TERM COLD CASE TEAM

Long-term cold cases are...

a disgrace to the police.

Opening a cold case means...

revealing those disgraces.

Once everyone calms down,

the team will disappear.

Keep quiet

and lie low.

Just play along.

Just like 15 years ago

with Jae-han.

REFORMATION

We have nothing more to talk about.

Did this person...

ever come...

to see you?

He was about 185 cm tall

and wore a navy shirt.

A detective?

He might have lied about that.

He said...

he would look for you.

Are you insane?

If a detective had come then,\NI'd have been caught.

I have nothing more to say.\NYou should leave.

EVERY HANDCUFF\NCARRIES 2.5 LITERS OF TEARS

We can wait for Mr. Lee.

You look good.

What's the fuss?

What's going on?

Come over here.

He'll be perfect.

-What's it for?\N-Chief wants you to do it.

Is it him? Get in the car and let's shoot.

Shooting?

Hey, what's with you?

-Yes.\N-Why aren't you in uniform?

Your holsters...

are you playing detective?

No, I mean...

Here, take this off.

-What is it?\N-Just do it.

Okay, let's get started.

-What is it?\N-Just get in.

-I just got back.\N-I know.

Sir, please put on a more serious look.

Ms. Cha, please give an intense stare.

You're the first female detective\Nin the team. Be proud.

Hold the walkie-talkie firmly.

Let's continue.

-The first female detective?\N-There you go.

She can't even drive.

I'm sorry. I've caused you trouble.

Wait.

That's not it. I need a more intense look.

This will be in the police magazine.

You should look like professionals.

Let's try it again.

Here we go.

Why didn't they hire models?

Let's finish it in one go.

Give an intense stare.

Where's Jeong-jae?

There he is! Pretend that he's a criminal\Nand glare at him.

Like this?

There you go!

-You're dead.\N-That's great!

Do that again!

Exactly! Perfect!

-Like this?\N-Yes, perfect.

That's it!

-That's it!\N-How about this?

-Some more intense ones.\N-More?

-Then I'll get out of the car.\N-Nice.

That's great!

Ms. Cha, come out.

That's great. Perfect.

Bring me the gun. Hurry.

Great! Keep going.

There you go!

You know what?

Ji Sung and Lee Bo-young came\Nat the time you expected.

They were obviously in love.

What's next?

I have no more.

Why not?

What is it? Why not?

I lost interest.

What? Hello?

Detective Lee Jae-han?

It's me, Park Hae-young.

Thanks to you,

we solved the Kim Yoon-jung case.\NDid you hear the news?

But...

How did you know\NSeo Hyung-joon's body would be there?

Which police station are you at?

I couldn't find you anywhere.

And...

how did you know about me?

Lieutenant Park.

I think this is going to be\Nmy last transmission.

What do you mean?

But this is not the end.

The message will start again.

When it does,

you need to persuade me...

persuade me...

back in 1989.

You can change the past.

Never give up.

What does that mean?

I don't understand.

Detective Lee?

Detective Lee?

Are you there?

Are you okay?

Detective...

Detective Lee!

Detective Lee!

Detective Lee!

The message will start again.

When it does,

You should persuade me.

Persuade me,

back in 1989.

I told you that it's not there.\NHow many times must I tell you?

Why are they staring at me?

Hey, come over here.

Take this.

-Okay.\N-What are you doing?

I told you to come here.

I told you not to.

Stop it.

What are you doing? Show him the way.

Okay.

Follow him.

Gosh.

They'll be gone in a few months.\NBe nice to them.

-What did you say?\N-Stop it.

Move along now.

Just let it go.

Calm down. They're not even wrong.

Whose side are you on?

The guys here have got better.

I see that you and I look quite alike.

Just ignore him.

Bad things can happen in life.

What's your name?

My name is Hwang Ui-kyeong.

Tell me your name.

My name is Ui-kyeong.

Ui-kyeong? The policeman?

I guess you were meant to be\Na police officer.

Which one's our office?

It's over there.

Why didn't you say earlier?

You wasted our precious time.

Just let it go.

This is bad.

Gosh, is this a recycling center?

This place has just one phone,

no computers. How can we work here?

Yeah, but we have to work, don't we?

This is a total mess.\NIt's going to take forever.

Do they ever clean?

No matter how much I clean,\Nthat smell isn't going.

Don't spray it at me. Stop it.

Soo-hyun, how can we work\Nin a place like this?

Can you talk to them?

Whose seat is this?

I don't know.

They're sending us a profiler.\NI doubt anyone good will come.

What if it's that brat

who calls himself a profiler?

No, I shouldn't even mention him.

No, it can't be.

Hello.

SOUTH GYEONGGI SERIAL MURDERS

What is this?

I'm sure all of you

are aware of this case.

The South Gyeonggi serial murders.

The biggest cold case in this country.

December 3, 1987.

The first victim was found in a ditch\Nnear Ohsung Mountain.

Over three years,

he killed ten people.

Arms and legs were tied from behind\Nwith unusual knots,

and they were strangled.

"Someone dies when it rains."

"You die if you wear red."

People told ghost stories about it.

It was that famous.

Around 1,000 officers worked on the case.

Even though forensic science\Nwasn't developed at that time,

we failed to find any trace of the killer.

It was a huge disgrace.

This is your team's...

first case.

We're not even organized here.

The South Gyeonggi serial murders?

Just tell us to take a break.

Soo-hyun, he's the boss.

It's a 26-year-old case.

We have no records,\Nnot even a decent photo.

And with this group,

-it's impossible.\N-It's worth a try.

My feelings weren't wrong.

It's the first official case\Nfor the cold case team.

It has to be of this caliber\Nat the very least. Don't you think so?

You've all met before, right?

This is Park Hae-young.

He'll analyze criminal types\Nand behaviors,

and provide you with strategies\Nto help get confessions.

-I look forward--\N-How can we work with this newbie?

-A newbie?\N-He has no degree or experience,

and he didn't even complete\Ndetective training.

A profiler's role is very important\Nin cold cases lacking evidence.

Get us someone good.

Not an amateur.

-An amateur?\N-Soo-hyun.

He's all you're getting.

Take him or leave him.

This case is important\Nfor the honor of the police.

And the entire nation is watching.

If you don't want to work,

hand in your badge now.

Back to work everyone!

What?

An amateur?

What's up with everyone?

You call yourself a profiler.\NCan't you tell?

Use your brain.

-What?\N-Goodness.

LIEUTENANT

If you research the case online,

you'll get a lot of results

and you might think

you can find the killer easily.

Think about it, Lieutenant Park.

Listen to me carefully.

The hair and blood samples\Nfound at the scene are long gone.

Even if we find the killer,

we have no DNA to compare to.

So, you have no hair or blood.

That's a problem.

You failed to preserve the evidence.

That's not all.

Everyone in this country knows

that the police poorly investigated\Nthis case.

Not just this one.\NIt's the same with every cold case.

You just skimmed through the cases\Nsaying you were busy.

You think this is a game?

Some risked their lives\Nfor that investigation.

You know nothing.

Watch what you say.

Are you defending your colleagues?

Gosh, you sure talk nasty.

You're one of us too!

Not all police are the same.

I'm new.

You're old.

-You little punk...\N-Don't do it.

Let's not get childish.

-Stop.\N-How old are you?

Let's fight without rank.

-No rank?\N-Get over here.

What are you doing?

Aren't you too old for this?

-Come here.\N-Are you going to hit me?

Seriously...

this is unbelievable.

See? It's a mess.

Science or logic, I can't find it.

No wonder they can't find the killer.

Gosh.

LEE JAE-HAN

LEE JAE-HAN

POLICE EMPLOYMENT RECORDS

LEE JAE-HAN (2007-2013)

There is a total of 15 Lee Jae-hans

in the police archives.

Based on his voice,

he's under 50, so that leaves nine.

Minus the three still working,

that leaves six.

Take this.

The Kim Yoon-jung case?

I don't know about it.

LEE JAE-HAN

-Do you know the Kim Yoon-jung case?\N-I don't.

I asked for two to be sent to me today.

Right.

Three had left the force

and none of them heard about the case.

It's one of these three.

EMPLOYEE DISCHARGED

JEONJINSA

Did you go to the temple again?

What temple?

I stopped going.

The talismans don't do anything.

Don't you go on blind dates anymore?

Why do you ask?

Do you want me to?

Goodness.

A woman's heart is like a reed.

You used to pursue my son\Nwith a vengeance.

Is it done?

Throw that away now.

Stop bothering an old man with bad eyes.

It's been 15 years.

Stop coming by.

You told me his first case was...

the South Gyeonggi serial murders, right?

Right.

That's when he joined the force.

He worked so hard

to find the killer.

But later he said this.

He couldn't find the killer,

but he was sure someone would.

Someone else would find the killer\Nfor sure.

Shine some light over there.

LEE JAE-HAN

Detective Lee Jae-han?

I'm okay.

Constable Lee Jae-han\Nfrom the Yeongsan branch. Who is this?

Well...

are you really Detective Lee?

This is Lieutenant Park.

I haven't heard from you for a while.\NI was worried. Are you safe?

A lieutenant?

I'm searching, what does he need?

Officer 22, this is Lee Jae-han\Nfrom the Yeongsan branch.

I'm on a new team.\NAre you a detective at the station?

I'm currently south of Ohsung Mountain,\Nsearching for the missing person.

A missing person?

We're searching for Lee Gye-sook\Nwho went missing

along Route 3 where she was last seen.

Lee Gye-sook?

Ohsung Mountain?

Are you talking about\Nthe South Gyeonggi serial murders?

The seventh murder?

She was found in the reed field\Nnext to the acacia trees, right?

What? The reed field near Route 3?

All the cops in this country\Nshould know that.

The seventh was found\Nin the reed field near Route 3.

The eighth on the railroad\Nnear Hyunpoong Station.

The ninth--

We found her!

Oh?

It's off again.

We found her! Over here!

-Where?\N-Over here!

The seventh murder?

She was found

in the reed field next to the acacia trees\Nnear Route 3.

Who are you?

NOVEMBER 4, 1989

DATE: NOVEMBER 25, 1989

SOUTH GYEONGGI\NNEAR OHSUNG MOUNTAIN

DITCH IN OHSUNG-RI

Look.

Wow.

What a show-off.

As all you know,

no one will welcome us.

Re-investigating a cold case

requires the cops

to admit they were not good enough.

"Why didn't you look into this?\NWhy did you do it that way?"

These are the questions we must ask.

Be prepared to take the insults.

But the most hated people

live the longest.

Gosh, my life.

This is a list of the detectives\Nwho were in charge of the case.

We must meet every one of them.

We must collect

all their memories and their data,

so that we can set our own course.

I'll meet the victims' families.

Gye-chul, you meet\Nthe homicide detectives.

Hand over all files to Hae-young.

Heon-gi takes care of the evidence.\NThat's all.

I'm off to meet the old detectives.

Laugh at me if you want.

I'll go my way.

When will you grow up?

-What's this?\N-It's called teamwork.

These pictures belong to\Na senior detective I know.

They are of the seventh\Nand eighth murders.

I promised to give them back.

Don't lose them.

NOVEMBER 5, 1989

Is it him again?

Huh?

What kind of guy is he?\NHe should tell you if he likes you.

All he does is follow you around.

Hey,

but I guess he wants to protect\Na girl he likes,

because he's a cop.

Oh, my friend used to live here.

He moved without telling me.

So he did move.

How silly.

You should know that if you are a cop\Nin this country.

The seventh was found in a reed field\Nnear Route 3.

The eighth found on the railroad\Nby Hyunpoong Station.

The railroad...

by Hyunpoong Station.

I can't tell who is who.

It's already been three days.

You said you saw someone pass by\Nthat night.

We should catch him.

It was completely dark.

Take another look. You'll remember it.

You told me you were in the marines.

When will we get through all of these?

There are many young men\Nin this town.

You've seen about 200 so far.

You have...

about 320 more to look at.

-Gosh.\N-Come on, we can do this.

-Hello.\N-You can't come in here.

I'm Lee Jae-han\Nfrom Yeongsan Police Station.

I'd like to meet the detective in charge.

Where are you looking?\NLook at the monitor.

-I'm the detective, why?\N-Oh, right.

I wanted to know

if you have someone\Nnamed Lieut. Park Hae-young.

Park Hae-young?

I've never heard of the name.\NWhy are you looking for him?

Well, I heard something weird\Non the walkie-talkie.

"The eighth murder will happen\Nat Hyunpoong Station."

What?

Are you waiting for another murder?

-No, it's something I heard.\N-Get out of here!

We're busy here.

I haven't slept for days.\NDon't get on my nerves.

I'm confused, too.

Get out!

Okay, thank you.

That crazy punk.

Keep watching.

OHSUNG-DONG 403

Did I hear it wrong?

Excuse me.

ESTIMATED TIME OF DEATH

ATTEMPT TO MURDER LEE MI-SEON

What's going on?

It's that walkie-talkie!

That thing did it. Look!

Are you messing with me?\NWhere are you?

Are you sick or something?

It's him. It's the same knot.

He ruined everything.

What are you doing?

-Pull out.\N-No, we can't.

Intellectual people like me.

Stop kidding me. Are you mad?

What if someone in the past\Ntalked to you on a walkie-talkie?

I'm asking you out.

Another victim was found.\NIt's the eighth victim.

The killer's reckless\Nafter Hyunpoong Station.

Too strange to be a coincidence.

-Sure there's no problem?\N-Get the team to the scene.

Are you ready?

I don't care about the bosses.

I'm sorry, I have no time to explain.

I'll help you.

We still have a chance.