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Partners for Justice Season 2

The characters, institutions, place names, and incidents in this drama are all fictional.

They found a lot of blood in the restroom at the Bango-dong park.

I'm at Damsong Playground.

In the food garbage bag,

there's a woman's foot!

The incompetence of the prosecution...

put citizens into a sleepless night.

This isn't a spree killer case.

Wait a second!

How does this add up?

Jane Doe died from her illness.

The blood from the sink and the foot came from the same person,

but the foot's owner isn't a victim.

The victims of the homicide aren't four people,

but just one, Jeong Hui-ju, found in the motel?

This is the NFS Forensic Examiner Dr. Baek Beom.

Hello.

Yes.

What brought you here?

I had business here.

I see.

Of course.

Well, we'll get going.

Yes.

Wait.

- Yes? - Did you touch...

a dead body today?

Yes.

People die all the time...

in hospitals.

How embarrassing that was in front of the prosecutor general!

- My apologies, sir. - Gal!

Set up a follow-up press conference. Before it's leaked!

We have no choice but to lay low.

Yes, sir.

But you see, Mr. Noh,

I think Eun Sol should be leading this press conference.

Excuse me?

I... I should?

Yes!

- That's a better choice. - Yes.

She's a lot less aggressive than I am.

Yes, you're right.

That makes sense.

Eun, don't worry.

This is a good thing.

The women we thought were dead are actually alive!

It's a relief, don't you think?

Yes it is, but...

What are you waiting for? Get ready.

Okay, I will.

Where is Doh, anyway?

- Bring him in right now! - Yes, sir.

Shall we take a look, then?

Let's see.

Show us the footage recorded at 12:20 p.m. May 25th.

Did you say 12:20 p.m.?

Here you go.

This is it. 12:20 p.m.

It should be showing up now.

Mr. Doh...

The opening of the window seems...

He must've stopped to fill up gas.

May we have a closer look at that car?

Wait a sec. This should be better.

Or maybe not.

What is that?

What's that thing?

It's pigeon poop.

Darn it. They pooped on the camera again.

You can't see anything because of the poop.

Come on! The poop is covering the license plate!

Why didn't you clean the cameras?

What?

What happened? Did he run off without the change?

I remember now.

This man paid checks.

I asked him to endorse them, and he bounced.

We can't trace the checks, then.

What are you doing right now?

That?

I wrote down the plate number because of the checks.

I didn't want my wages taken away.

Do you still have the checks he gave you?

Yes, I didn't deposit them.

Give me a sec.

Here.

Let's trace the car right away.

Ta-da.

I mean, why do we have to deal with this kind of press conference?

I can't believe this is Ms. Eun's debut.

Gal is wiggling out of this one alone.

- Hurry. - That jerk.

- Let's begin now. - Face the front.

- I'll hold your hair. - He shouldn't treat us like this.

We put in so much work!

Ms. Eun. Keep your eyelids up.

- Good. - Fix her up nicely.

If those journalists start flocking in and flash those cameras at once,

her face will look too shiny.

That's why I'm wiping oil off her face.

Tap, tap. You have to tap it like this.

With Gal acting out, and Mr. Doh nowhere to be seen,

we're the only team dealing with this mess.

Someone has to do it.

Ms. Eun!

You have nothing to be scared of. Okay?

I'm sorry.

What's wrong with my hands?

Gosh, the press will never leave you alone.

Ms. Eun. Keep all your answers short and precise.

If you talk too much, they'll pick on everything you say.

When that happens, don't look at their eyes.

Just look straight under their noses.

He's right. Mr. Doh should be here with us.

Don't worry. Mr. Doh will be back soon.

Since you look great already,

the makeup doesn't ruin you so much.

Boom! All done.

Take a look at yourself.

Ta-da!

Wait, what have you done to me?

What's wrong? I went for a tired look.

The dark circles show how hard you've been investigating,

and I finished up with the pale shade.

You look good. Would you like bigger dark circle?

I mean...

This is...

This is just wrong!

- But why? - Is it that weird?

No, it's natural.

Prosecution Service Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office

I'm Eun Sol from the Seoul Eastern DPO.

I'm here to talk about the spree killings that took place in the Bango-dong area.

Emergency autopsies were conducted on the corpse, the blood,

and the amputated body part that was found on the 25th.

The NFS informed us...

that three out of the four discoveries aren't resulted by murders.

Then what were the spree killings?

To mislead our investigation,

the criminal prepared multiple events that'd look like spree killings.

Only one of the discoveries was from a murder,

and that's the woman named "Jeong," found dead in a motel room.

That means you were misled as intended,

causing confusion and panic among our citizens.

We're deeply sorry for causing confusion among our citizens.

We'll be devoting ourselves...

in solving this case, along with the police.

Do you really think an apology is enough?

Your false warning has caused unnecessary social costs to the public.

Who'll pay for all that?

Until the autopsies are finished,

we deemed it best to warn the citizens as the investigating office.

Are you saying these aren't spree killings?

- What happened to the victims? - I knew this would happen.

- They're going at her like hyenas. - I'll say.

- Look. - What?

- Did he come to enjoy the show? - I think so.

You have a guest.

A guest?

Who is it?

The criminal intelligently and elaborately planned...

to make these events look like murders.

We assume the criminal is forensically and medically knowledgeable.

Therefore, we plan to change the course of investigation,

looking into the criminal's background, whereabouts and criminal methods...

Leave us.

How dare you show up here?

We're investigating the murder of Jeong Hui-ju from ground zero.

- Yes, ma'am. - Okay.

Yes?

- Sorry I'm late. - Mr. Doh!

Did you watch the press conference? You should've come a bit earlier, gosh...

We waited for you.

Welcome back.

Well, it's not a big deal. I came back to where I belong.

Hi, Mr. Doh.

Eun. You've done well.

The hanged victim was found out to be Gil Chun-yeong, age 38.

She was from China, so her fingerprints weren't in the AFIS.

She died of illness in her home...

on the morning of the day of the crime.

The corpse was marked "without family,"

but it was stolen from the funeral home.

And the amputated foot?

I contacted the Health Insurance Service to find all women aged from 30 to 50...

who had such an operation at a Seoul hospital.

There were 16 candidates.

The Gangdong Police collected their DNA and delivered them to the NFS.

They'll soon find a match.

Mr. Doh and I ran around all night.

My soles are probably all worn out.

We got the plate number of the car that took the victim.

The car is wanted all over the country right now.

Did you really get the plate number in just one night?

Well, that's my job.

You must've been through a lot.

- A real man. - A real man, my foot.

We were losing it here because we were clueless.

"Instead, isn't he moving away from the murder scene?"

You were right, Mr. Doh.

They weren't spree killings.

Did I say something that cool?

- There was only one murder. - Yeah.

This jerk got the country thinking he's a spree killer,

just to cover up one murder.

I swear, when I catch him,

I'll show you what a real man is.

Who is it?

Detective Mun Dae-guk

Yes, Detective?

The number you told me, 7225. It's very strange.

How so?

It's owned by a homeless person,

and it was reported stolen on May 25th.

May 25th? That's the day of the crime.

A stolen car.

Please track the car in real time with the WASS.

Please hurry, Detective.

There's a match.

It's the foot owner.

I'll tell Dr. Baek and the Eastern DPO.

"Hanju Hospital."

"Operating Surgeon: Dr. Jang Cheol"?

This is the last time.

Are you threatening me?

Try provoking me again.

If you do, I'll strike back.

Hanju Hospital

Hello, there.

Hello, Dr. Jang.

Hi.

How might I help you?

On May 24th, you amputated Kang Ju-eun's foot, didn't you?

Yes.

Yes, I heard about it. I was the operating surgeon.

If so, may we ask you...

how your hospital disposes of its medical waste?

We seal the waste in a bag as soon as it's out of the operating room.

Then it's taken by a disposal company, but since it's sealed, you can't open it.

And if it's opened,

there's the risk of infection.

Then it must be impossible to trace the thief who stole the bag.

Yes.

Then...

How did the thief know that a foot was inside the bag?

What?

I heard it was your day off yesterday.

Yet you look very tired.

Yesterday, did you...?

Excuse me.

- Yes. - Ms. Eun.

- I think you should come here. - To the NFS?

Okay.

I think they got the DNA test result from Jeong Hui-ju's corpse.

Doctor, thanks for helping us.

We'd better get going now.

- Sure. - Have a nice day.

Let's go.

Is it big news?

In Jeong Hui-ju's mouth,

there was an area filled with blood from multiple beatings.

Do you remember that?

Yes, I remember.

We swabbed all the blood from her mouth.

Did you finish the swabbing? I see more blood.

I collected samples from teeth, tongue and mouth.

Swab all the blood! Do it again.

Bloodstain Report

There was someone else's blood.

The blood types are different.

The killer's blood?

It's possible.

But how can the killer's blood get into the victim's mouth?

In sexual crimes, when the criminal uses force...

to make oral contact,

the victim might resist and bite the criminal's tongue or lips.

That's why we swab all the blood that's inside the mouth.

And in blood there's DNA.

The killer burned the victim's body to get rid of the DNA,

but because the mouth isn't burned, the DNA must be still inside.

That means we have the killer!

What do you think we're waiting for?

- We got nothing. - Darn it.

But why?

Saliva has digestive enzymes.

The enzymes denatured the DNA. We can't identify the killer.

Gosh, why did they have to get denatured?

Wait. That's not all.

- What do you mean? - Can you run one more test?

Roger. What is it?

I told you to swab it at the motel.

I told you not to throw it away.

Don't throw it away. Keep it!

Okay.

The nasal swab, I have it.

Get it, then.

"Nasal" means it's from the nostrils.

Why do you want that?

The nasopharynx. Our nostrils and mouth are connected.

When food goes in, the soft palate and uvula block it,

and sends it down the throat.

But in unusual cases, the food goes into the back of the uvula,

entering the nostrils.

It's like when you eat noodles and you choke.

The noodles come out the nose.

- Are you still here? - Oh, yeah.

I'll stand by.

Will this work?

We have to try. Stop talking.

She's just another Baek Beom.

Dr. Baek?

I was out of line yesterday. I'm sorry.

Forget it.

Can you at least try to accept my apology?

It's not your first apology, is it?

Doc, are you...

the killer?

What?

- How did you know? - Do you have it?

We have the killer's blood.

He was right!

It flowed backward when she was strangled.

There are no digestive enzymes in the nostrils,

so we have the DNA too. Yes!

- That's a relief. - We got him!

We finally got him.

National Forensic Service

Doc, that's...

- Look! - What is it?

That, that's...

What's going on?

What's wrong with him?

Doc!

This is big. It doesn't make sense!

- What is it now? - It's impossible.

So this is...

Breathe and talk!

That was a nice hit.

You should see this.

Is this right?

Double, triple, quadra, penta.

I checked it five times!

Who is this guy?

- Ms. Eun. - Do you have the result?

But this is...

- You know... - What are you talking about?

- Do you have it or not? - But it's so...

So it's...

- Do you have the result? - Yes, we do!

- You're doing it again. - It hurts!

See for yourself.

- What is it? - Let us see, then.

"Autopsy number"?

What?

Isn't this supposed to say "case number"?

7. Contingency Plan

A crisis plan devised pre-emptively in case of an unexpected emergency

Okay. Right there.

We have the wanted vehicle.

He passed the tollgate.

That's near Incheon.

Dr. Baek. This is Doh.

Yes.

Are you sure?

Okay.

Why are you so startled?

Did the NFS say anything?

Any news?

- Did you say Incheon? - Yes.

Put a code red out and deploy all the arrest team available.

Ask the Incheon SWAT Team for help.

He might get on a ship.

What? A ship?

The person we're chasing is more dangerous than we thought.

This can't be.

What are you talking about?

Case #20180728A-01.

July 28th, 2018.

We only had one autopsy that day.

Current time, 7:17 a.m.

We'll begin the autopsy.

The carbonized corpse from a car accident.

- Right? - Yes, Oh Man-sang.

His DNA was found.

He's alive.

Wow, goosebumps.

They're right here.

Are you saying Oh Man-sang is alive?

That's impossible!

DNA doesn't lie.

Great timing for a car accident.

My client has passed away.

Do you expect us to believe that?

Yeah, I knew it.

That car accident was very suspicious.

But hear me out.

You found his DNA from the bones during the autopsy!

That's why he was declared dead!

Doctor.

- Is this possible? - It is.

With a bone-marrow transplant.

Show them the paper from Miami.

Right?

It's in English.

It's a test result from the Miami Forensic Office.

If you put someone else's bone marrow into your femur,

that person's DNA might go into you.

He grafted his bone marrow into another person's femur...

and burned everything else, so we couldn't find the original DNA.

So he changed the DNA with a bone-marrow transplant.

That's unheard of.

Doc, isn't this the only case since the NFS was established?

I've never seen it before.

How can he do such a thing?

Wow, thinking about Oh Man-sang makes my face frown again.

I knew he was a bad one.

But a DNA fabrication? Wow.

That's really something.

It's not the first.

What?

Do you remember the drug body packer of Incheon?

Yes, but...

What about it?

That body had the same mark.

Oh Man-sang

Park Ji-hun

The body packer who died carrying $30 million worth of drugs.

Someone tried to hide his identity.

Wait, Doc. You're saying this hole is...

He used a special tool to transplant a large amount in a short time.

To find this hole, I looked for every drill in this country.

I studied cow bones, cow feet, cow tails,

every bone I could find.

Doc, did you find the tool?

Wrong question.

Who did it?

Who could it be?

An expert.

A forensically knowledgeable expert?

Knowledgeable in forensics, medicine...

Latest Forensics

Forensic Psychiatry

...genetics,

and transplantation surgery.

A Corpse's Mouth

Dead Body Wants to Talk A Postmortem Examination

My boy.

Yes, Mother.

Your head is hurting again.

Yes, Mother.

My baby must be so stressed.

It's okay.

He...

Again...

It's nearly over.

Don't worry.

Wow, Oh Man-sang, that jerk!

I've never heard of something like this.

I knew this would happen.

Man-sang, you're done for!

I'm coming for you. Wait right there!

Let's visit him.

Our destination is Injoo Port.

It'll take about 25 minutes.

The Incheon SWAT Team is on its way.

The car changed direction to Injoo Port.

Repeat, he's heading for Injoo Port.

Now that he's about to be caught, he's leaving the country.

What a sneaky jerk!

This calls for Taxi-Cop.

Inform the taxi control center about the car model and plate number,

so we can gather information.

Injoo Port

How's the search going?

We're still searching!

Injoo Port is 9 miles long.

It'll take some time.

Make them search every corner carefully.

Let's go there too.

Partners for Justice Season 2