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Put down the scalpel.
I'll be performing this autopsy.
This case's autopsy has already finished.
Seo Yoon Hyung died of oronasal suffocation.
Definitely a murder.
What? Seo Yoon Hyung's murderer confessed?
The method of killing is poison.
If the evidence from the oronasal tract matches what we find at the crime scene,
I can prove that I'm right, right?
Someone is definitely behind all this.
We must continue investigating.
I can prove that there was nothing wrong with Seo Yoon Hyung's lungs.
Seo Yoon Hyung's lungs were fine.
What are you saying?
An autopsy with a lot at stake.
You make the call, Chief.
Professor Lee Myung Han is right.
Why are you doing this?
How am I supposed to believe this?
I wasn't wrong!
Hello. My name is Kang Seo Yeon.
Have we met before?
We haven't met before, but I know you very well.
Is Miss Kang Seo Yeon doing well?
I am greatly indebted to you.
How were Yoon Hyung's final moments?
He wanted to die on the most magnificent stage, at the most magnificent moment...
Doctor! She's the one who killed Seo Yoon Hyung.
If we don't catch her now, we'll lose her again.
I'm going to prove it.
I'm going to prove that she killed Seo Yoon Hyung.
What do you mean the evidence is gone?
You still haven't given up on Seo Yoon Hyung's case, have you?
I haven't either.
This drama is not based on real people and events.
Episode 14
If they went this way, were they headed towards the reservoir?
No.
They tried to make it seem as if the corpse was dragged this way.
The depth of the left track is different from the right.
The body's still here.
Cell Number Five, Prisoner 8911.
The director has ordered for the prisoner to be moved to a solitary cell.
Is she inside now?
She went to the shower room.
Please wait here.
8911! Where are you?
What's wrong?
It's the corpse.
What is it?
It's Mr. Kim, the owner of the inn I'm staying at.
Something's wrong!
Did something happen?
He's the man who runs the inn?
Then who's the other man we saw before?
He said the inn's original owner had moved.
He claimed that he took over instead.
It was my first time seeing him too.
So you found him.
If you had just gone on quietly, nothing would have happened.
It's okay.
Don't cry. Don't cry, you poor child.
Don't cry.
I told you we shouldn't have done this!
Nothing looked abnormal aside from the injury on her head.
So it seems it was a cerebral concussion.
It's a common accident in shower rooms.
Are you sure there was nothing else that seemed strange?
Yes. Aside from the forehead, nothing was wrong.
Lee Soo Jung asked for my help because she said someone was trying to kill her.
After Kang Seo Yeon visits her, she suddenly dies.
There are several reasons we have to believe this wasn't an accident.
Was there anything suspicious before the corpse was discovered?
That woman!
A woman came out from the shower room.
What kind of woman?
The last woman to come out after Lee Soo Jung died.
She's probably got something to do with this case.
Got it. Officer Choi, look for who that woman might be.
What about you?
There needs to be an autopsy.
The number you called is not available. Please leave a message...
It's all my fault.
You may not believe me, but this man was a friend of mine.
We were both born in this village and protected this village together.
He was a dear, old friend.
Hey, Kim!
Kim!
I brought over the boiled sweet potatoes that you like.
I said I brought boiled sweet potatoes!
Kim!
Did he go somewhere?
Hey, Kim.
I said I brought boiled sweet potatoes. Why aren't you answering me?
Hey, Kim.
Hey! Hey!
He had been worried since he wasn't feeling very well lately...
But I didn't think he'd go so suddenly.
This was what caused the trouble.
This is...
It's life insurance in my name.
What? So you're going to claim to have died and live as Mr. Kim from now on?
If the person who died is me and not Mr. Kim, we can get this insurance money!
But that's against the law!
How can we do something so scary?
I've realized a lot since Mr. Kim died.
We're all just like him.
When we die, they'll just think, "They lived and now they're gone."
When we die, who'll take care of our grandsons and granddaughters?
My granddaughter Da Bin.
Her mother ran away with another man, and her father abandoned her.
She looks to me for everything.
And Mrs. Lee, after your daughter died, your son-in-law remarried
and left his children with you. It's been 3 years since his last visit.
If something happens to us, these kids have nowhere else to turn to.
We need this money so that they can live like people.
But can we get away with it?
Mr. Kim looks a lot like me.
Look.
He's been losing some hair lately, so he looks even more like me.
Look! Aren't we alike?
Still, policemen are smart. Do you think they'd believe it?
If other people say that he's dead.
What do you mean?
As long as some close acquaintances confirm that the person died
they'll declare the person as dead.
Eventually, we decided to go through with the deception.
But that's when you unexpectedly arrived.
There's someone here from Seoul.
What do we do? What do we do?
Calm down!
If we falter here, we're all ruined.
No matter who comes here, they won't be around for long. Let's keep quiet until then.
Got it?
Answer me!
And that's what happened.
Do I go to jail now?
Do we have to go to jail too?
You can't!
Da Bin. Wait outside.
Grandpa!
If you're not here, what am I going to do?
Da Bin!
Grandma. Are you going to jail too?
No.
I'm sorry. It's my fault. I'm sorry.
My baby.
That's not the problem.
What?
This won't just end with his death.
Do you kids feel itchy at all?
I didn't in Seoul, but I started to feel itchy when I moved here.
I feel itchy too.
Me too.
You said Mr. Kim was starting to lose his hair.
How is everyone else?
I'm losing my hair too, but isn't that because I'm getting old?
I'm losing hair too, but doesn't that always happen when you get old?
You never had much hair anyway.
Everyone here has something in common.
You're all losing hair on your head and eyebrows.
And the children will probably feel very itchy.
Thallium. It's the poison thallium.
What is that?
Is there a cement or glass factory around here?
Five years ago, a big company built some sort of factory at the reservoir upstream.
Thallium is commonly used for making glass or cement in factories.
Seeing that you all have the symptoms, it seems the water is contaminated.
If this is really the case, then your lives and the children's lives are in danger.
You should hurry to the hospital and get treated.
Your lives are more important than the money.
You need to live long.
You mean so much to each other.
That was the reason.
Thank you.
That was why...
Oh my goodness!
The Environmental Department will examine the area.
After you survey the area, what will happen to all these people?
Until the investigation is over, the local government will give them temporary housing.
They'll also receive compensation.
If we confirm that it's thallium, the company will be liable for damages.
Please don't worry.
I come from this village, so I'll make sure everyone's taken care of.
Please take care of them.
What a relief. An entire village was almost poisoned.
And they almost became criminals.
Distress and anxiety make people weak.
That's why people need to set a standard for our quality of life.
I said I'll quit being an examiner, but it keeps nagging me.
I told you. Will you do it again?
Will you go with me back to Seoul?
No. Never.
What?
What's that sound?
The reservoir is crying.
No. No. Not it.
You were up all night. Aren't you tired?
I'm okay. How many inmates do you have in total?
757.
Ah. We just lost one, so it's 756.
Why? Isn't she there?
I looked through it twice, but she's not here.
Are you sure you gave me the files for all the inmates?
Well, we don't include files of discharged prisoners.
You don't think it's her, do you?
Can I take a look at her file?
Ah, yes. Here you go.
She's just been approved to be discharged.
When did you say she left?
Are you Officer Choi?
The sound of the reservoir crying must've been made by the frozen ice breaking.
Chief Jung and I always came here at this time of year.
If we were lucky, we'd hear this sound.
If not, we couldn't hear it even if we waited for days.
Then I must be lucky.
This is my first time hearing it, but it really does sound like crying.
The longer and colder the winter, the louder the sound.
Just like the longer you feel the pain, the more difficult it is to overcome.
Doctor. Come back to the NFS.
I know you made a mistake.
It was an unforgivable mistake.
But all the more reason to work harder and help those who've died innocently.
A human can make mistakes. Because that's human.
But forensic examiners... They can't afford to make an error.
The moment they falter, it's over.
But the villagers here get to live longer thanks to you.
That's why you're still a great forensic examiner.
Doctor. I want to be a forensic examiner like you.
Please guide me, Doctor.
No. I can't go back. I shouldn't go back.
Doctor!
But there is one thing I need to do before I resign.
What is it?
Seo Yoon Hyung's case.
I have to at least finish that case. It's the last thing I have left to do.
What are you doing here?
Your cell phone's off. Do you know how hard it was to get here?
Prosecutor, I found him thanks to you. I'm grateful for your help.
But what are you doing here?
Lee Soo Jung died in prison.
The corpse has been moved to the prison's medical facility.
I need someone I can trust for the autopsy.
I owe Seo Yoon Hyung. We all do.
I was the forensic examiner responsible, you were responsible as prosecutor.
And you were in charge of the crime scene.
We have to solve it. Finish what we started.
And I'll end this. I'll find the truth.
Why didn't you run away? No, why did you kill Lee Soo Jung?
I didn't kill her.
Don't lie. I saw you come out of the shower room when she died.
No. She was already dead when I went in.
Soo Jung! Where are you?
Soo Jung!
Soo Jung! Soo Jung!
Then why did you come out?
If I had stayed inside, all the blame would have been put on me.
I'm not lying. Soo Jung and I were inseparable
and we were each other's closest friends. We told each other everything.
Recently she kept saying someone was trying to kill her. She was afraid.
You weren't the one who tried to kill her?
You really don't believe me.
If I tell you this, will you believe me?
Tell me what?
Soo Jung said that if she died, I should tell something to Officer Choi Yi Han.
Soo Jung said she didn't put potassium cyanide in Seo Yoon Hyung's drink.
I'm a little late.
Sorry to call you so last minute.
Of course I have to come if you call.
Have you arrived?
Yes, I'm here.
You have to describe the site exactly as you see it.
Shall we start?
Yes. I'm ready.
Deceased Lee Soo Jung. Height: 168cm. Weight: 50kg. Age: 23.
Seeing that the back of her head is swollen and has an injury
there must have been an external blow.
There's a possibility of hemorrhage or bone fracture.
There's a bloodstain on the floor.
But the shower was running at the time, so a lot of it has been washed away.
It doesn't matter.
The probability of a woman in her 20s losing her balance in the shower room is low.
She was probably unconscious before she fell.
We need to find out what caused her to lose consciousness.
Let's start the incision.
Was there anything unusual about Lee Soo Jung before she died?
She didn't say much. She was pretty docile.
She wasn't very close with anyone.
But she didn't have problems with others either.
How was her health?
Heart, liver, lungs, stomach. Everything's normal.
There's no reason for her to suddenly lose consciousness.
Electric work?
Yes, the building next to the shower room had a sudden power failure.
They worked on the power cables yesterday.
So the showers were temporarily closed, and they opened it again last night.
Electricity?
Electric shock. Lee Soo Jung was electrocuted.
Is there some sort of electric conductor in the shower room?
Hold on.
It's the shower pipes.
The shower pipes?
Yes.
But you'd usually only touch the faucet. Why would she touch the shower pipes?
What if she was closing her eyes as she washed her hair?
An electric shock in a wet place like a shower room is fatal.
Also, the water flow makes the burn spots harder to be seen.
It's small, but it's there on Lee Soo Jung's body.
The cause of Lee Soo Jung's death is electrocution.
Does it make it a murder then?
It hasn't been confirmed in the autopsy yet.
I believe it's murder.
What is this?
Lee's prisonmate Jung Mi Young gave it to me.
Lee told her to give it to me if she ever dies.
You're here.
There was a report by Min Sung University that an autopsy was done on Lee Soo Jung.
You knew.
I was about to tell you.
You should have told me before killing Lee Soo Jung.
What do you mean?
How long do you think you can keep doing this?
Do you plan to kill every witness?
If I have to...yes.
You should cooperate too.
If I refuse, will you kill me?
You must not refuse.
I'm immune to threats.
You need to do this for the NFS. If Congressman Kang becomes President
the NFS will be improved to a level that cannot be compared to the current one.
And don't forget, if someone like Yoon Ji Hoon reveals the truth
it's the end for all of us.
So Seo's murder was committed by Kang Seo Yeon, Lee Soo Jung,
the agency manager and Jung Suk Hoon?
Yes. However, Lee changed her mind and didn't put the poison in the drink.
Was the drink bottle collected as the evidence?
The bottle wasn't found, but because of her murder confession, she was jailed.
Then, in order to prove Lee's innocence
we have to find the bottle and prove that there was no potassium cyanide.
If we can do that, we can request a reinvestigation.
But how are we going to find the bottle that wasn't found a year ago?
When you arrived at the scene, you wrote a record of what witnesses said.
- Do you still have the record? - I've read it many times.
You must have been focused only on who killed Seo Yoon Hyung.
No one cared where the drink bottle went.
He's right. Many people probably saw Seo drinking out of the bottle.
There should be at least a few who remember where that bottle went.
We have to use all means to prove Lee's innocence.
Those who killed Seo Yoon Hyung also killed Lee Soo Jung.
They caused a power failure, started electrical wiring construction,
and asked one of the prisoners to kill Lee Soo Jung.
Lee, who was imprisoned in place of Kang Seo Yeon, was killed for knowing the truth.
The same person killed Seo Yoon Hyung and Lee Soo Jung.
Kang Seo Yeon.
This is our last chance to catch those who are involved in this murder and lies.
Excluding the security guards, there were around 60 people who were backstage.
Pick out the staff who were around Seo Yoon Hyung during his last 10 minutes.
Yes.
If it were people right around him, it was probably
concert personnel, stylists, makeup artists, or managers.
Do you wear glasses?
Yes, when I work.
What? Doctor Yoon is wearing glasses too.
Oh, yes, let's work. Work.
Let's start from when Lee Soo Jung received the poison from Kang Seo Yeon.
According to Lee's confession, the time was around 8pm.
It was near the end of Voice's concert.
Lee received potassium cyanide from Kang in the hallway backstage.
But she felt bad at the last minute, so she didn't put the poison.
It was 8:05 when Lee left the waiting room.
It was when Seo Yoon Hyung returned backstage.
- Thank you. - Good job.
There are many who witnessed the agency manager handing him the drink.
The stage personnel preparing the encore performance, makeup team, managers--
there are more than 10 people who saw Seo drinking that bottle.
According to stage personnel, after drinking that bottle, Seo went to the restroom.
On the way to the restroom, someone must have taken the bottle.
OK. Focus on the people who handled the bottle.
Where that bottle went is the most important.
This is from the encore stage personnel.
When he approached Seo Yoon Hyung, he was drinking a "Vitamin C" drink.
It was loud and hectic, but I'm sure I saw it.
This is similar too. This is from the road manager.
Seo Yoon Hyung was drinking the Vitamin C drink that he usually drinks.
As usual, he went to the restroom before going onstage again.
On the way to the restroom, Seo spilled his drink onto my walkie-talkie.
I checked my walkie-talkie to see if it was still working.
Wait, whose testimony is this?
This is from the audio staff.
If it's the drink on the way to the restroom, this is the drink Lee Soo Jung talked about.
The audio staff were wearing the uniform and everyone was carrying a walkie-talkie.
- Sorry. - It's fine.
If we can get that uniform, we can analyze the substance on it.
Do you think we would be able to find what she wore a year ago?
Who's that staff member?
Oh Sun Joo. Let's call her.
The phone is turned off...
Her phone is turned off.
Don't they usually return the staff uniform to the agency after the concert?
That's usually the case.
Then, the uniform might still be in the agency storage.
Even if we try to find it, there will be many of them.
How are we going to find the one of the audio staff?
We can find it.
The concert lasted 2 days, so everyone wrote their names on their uniforms to not lose them.
I need to go to the agency.
Wait, what are you going to do there?
Are you going to beg for that uniform?
Then what else?
I'll try to get the search warrant. Wait here.
Do you think you will get the warrant?
What if the agency makes a big deal out of evidence acquired without a warrant?
For now, this is the only evidence good enough for reinvestigation.
Wait, okay?
Okay.
Where are you going?
This is a secret.
You're trying to go to the agency?
Didn't you hear? That is the only evidence left for reinvestigation.
Then let me go with you.
I can't let the important evidence get damaged.
Okay.
Doctor.
What are you thinking about?
If it wasn't Lee Soo Jung, then who put the poison?
What?
Seo was a healthy person in his twenties.
Someone like Kang Seo Yeon couldn't have suffocated him without the poison.
Even if it wasn't Lee Soo Jung, someone put the poison.
Look for the uniform with Detective Choi.
What about you?
I'm going to the concert venue one more time.
Prosecutor Jung, Seo Yoon Hyung's case was closed a year ago.
I know, but there's a possibility that Lee Soo Jung wasn't the real killer.
We're people who deal with the law.
We shouldn't rely on possibilities but evidence.
I'm doing this to protect the law.
The murderer is still out there.
I want to catch the real killer.
If I give you the warrant, can you catch the real killer?
Are you sure of it?
Yes.
This won't be easy, but I'll try to persuade the prosecutor in charge.
Wait in the office.
That idiot.
Hello?
This is Jang Min Suk.
Ah, Attorney Jang.
What is it that you have to say?
What?
The staff uniforms worn at last year's concert?
Yes.
It's not that important, but I need to check something.
The equipment from last year are still in storage.
Prosecutor Jung from the East Bureau got a search warrant.
She's looking for staff uniforms from the Voice concert. Do you still have them?
Staff uniforms?
It was around here.
Oh? It's gone.
Where did it go?
That's weird.
It was right here before.
It was gone not too long ago.
We have to get it before they get rid of it.
No!
Oh, aren't you Detective Choi?
Good to see you again.
What are you doing?
This is our property.
Move aside.
Who is this woman?
Step aside!
She said move!
What do we do?
No, that will damage the evidence.
I'm fine.
I'm going soon.
It's over. You guys did great!
Good job.
Poor Lee Soo Jung.
That was the last piece of evidence.
We were close to reinvestigating.
Hello.
I'm calling you back because you texted me.
Is this Detective Choi?
Is this Oh Sun Joo?
Ah yes.
You said you have something to ask about Yoon Hyung's case.
Yes, we did. But it's over. So never mind.
Then you don't need my staff uniform?
Staff uniform?
After Yoon Hyung's death, I felt so out of it that I wore that uniform home.
I can never forget that day.
Can we take a look?
I've kept it well because I feel like it's his last keepsake.
Doctor.
What's wrong?
This.
What is this?
New evidence for the Seo Yoon Hyung case.
Seo Yoon Hyung case?
Yes.
Can you check if potassium cyanide is on this uniform?
Come in.
What do you want to say?
As I always did, I will cooperate with Congressman Kang.
But under two conditions.
I want the NFS to be an independent place that is not hindered by any outside force.
Independence from the Ministry of Public Administration and Security
and provided with consistent financial support.
If these two aren't met, there will be no cooperation.
Don't refuse this. If you do, you will be ruined.
Chi Hyun.
Is it nice up there?
As long as you understand me.
Even if no one else does, as long as you do...
Good to see you.
Why did you come here if you aren't going to say anything?
Lee Soo Jung...didn't put potassium cyanide.
She was supposed to, but she felt bad, so she ended up not doing it.
If someone healthy and young like him hadn't been poisoned
he couldn't have been suffocated to death by someone like you.
So what are you trying to say?
I'm saying someone else, not Lee Soo Jung, put the poison.
Do you know who that is?
Is this funny?
Should I say it?
The last time he walked off the stage was around 8:05pm.
Good job.
Get ready, okay?
Hurry.
- I'm going to the restroom. - Make it quick!
So? What's the conclusion?
Between 8:10, when Seo went to the restroom
and 8:13, the beginning of the encore performance.
What happened when Seo Yoon Hyung was left alone for three minutes?
Someone fed potassium cyanide to Seo Yoon Hyung.
That's interesting.
Go on.
I went to the concert venue today.
During that three minutes when he was left alone.
I thought about it there.
There was a girl who wanted to kill her boyfriend with potassium cyanide.
Yoon Hyung.
What are you doing all of a sudden?
My lipstick is on you.
I felt that I needed to say goodbye.
Your imagination is really interesting.
I hope it will stay interesting until the end.
From now on, I will prove everything.
So that the last moment of Seo Yoon Hyung can be magnificent.
Do you have the evidence?
What's the result?
No potassium cyanide, none at all.
I'm someone who's relied on evidence my whole life.
If there isn't evidence, finding the truth is impossible.
But there's no evidence.
This time, I plan to rely on witnesses.
Witnesses?
The entertainment agency manager and the Voice member Jung Suk Hoon.
There are still two witnesses left.
No.
There are only those two left.
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