(Episode 27)
(9 years ago)
Her name is Seo Soo Ji.
She's 10 years old. Her height, weight,
and appearance are similar to your daughter's.
Her parents died in an accident.
Currently, she lives...
with her grandma and her highschool sister.
She has no relatives,
so no one will look for her if she disappears.
If you're afraid, just give up.
But remember this.
If you decide to go with it, you cannot and should not...
stop midway.
What about Min Seo?
She will be okay, right?
Why do you think I looked for a similar-looking girl?
Don't worry.
Min Seo will be just fine.
(Birthdate: September 4, 2000)
- Where's the money? - Behind the phone.
The rest will be paid after everything's finished.
(43B4096)
You want me to wear this?
Soo Ji, do you think this will suit me?
Grandma bought it so that we'd wear it together.
She wants me to have a fish on my head?
It's not just any fish. It's a goldfish. Come on.
Humans should like meat more than fish.
You also like pork more than mackerel, don't you?
But Grandma got it for us.
Ta-da.
Wow, they're two bears.
Come here.
You look really pretty.
Okay.
All right. Come here.
- You look so pretty. - Aren't you going to put it on?
It's just for you. Come here.
Here we go.
Hey, what is it?
Come quickly. The boys are almost here.
I can't make it today.
I'm with my sister.
Your crush, Joon Soo, is coming too.
What?
Hey, why didn't you tell me earlier?
I'll be there in 10 minutes. Wait for me.
Soo Ji, can you go home alone...
Seo Soo Ji!
I have to go right now!
Soo Ji!
Hey, I'm telling you. The drinks are on me.
I think I got myself an easy prey.
Do you know a guy named Jang Cheol Min?
Soo Ji!
Seo Soo Ji!
Have you seen a girl with this hairpin?
She looks kind of like you.
Sorry.
Soo Ji!
Seo Soo Ji!
What am I going to do?
Where am I going to find her?
Soo Ji...
What am I going to do?
I'm sorry...
that I cried, Soo Ji.
I will...
never cry again.
Never.
Are you coming in just now?
Hey, do you know what time it is? Why are you coming now?
Starting tomorrow,
come to work 30 minutes earlier and prove it by calling me.
Who dares to break into a police precinct station?
Should I check the security footage?
Do you even have to ask?
Hey, what's that?
What?
Why is there...
What?
Why is something like that here?
- Auntie. - Yes?
They want me to volunteer at the Village Library.
I heard you're taking in Woo Joon.
Yes.
But he ran away from home last night.
We found him quickly thanks to Ms. Hong.
It's all because he has no one to share his affection with.
I heard he doesn't have a lot of friends at school either.
Kids can only get closer...
when the mothers are close.
And Ji Won, Ms. Oh can take care of...
all the kids that are bullying him right now.
She can call their mothers and give them a scolding.
What do you think?
Sounds great. You should do it.
Yes, Ji Won.
Okay. I'll do that, Ms. Oh.
Ms. Ma, the teacher.
This is bad, Ms. Oh.
They found a dead body at the precinct station.
- Again? - Yes.
What's going on?
What about Chief Jo? Is he all right?
He's really shocked. Do you want to go in?
Come in. Here.
- My gosh. - Why not?
Your kids are looking for you. Just go home.
This isn't a sight to see.
Hey, you can't just let anyone come into the crime scene.
Oh, Ms. Ma. Right.
We can tell her to investigate the case later on.
Ms. Ma?
I am sorry for the last time.
We wanted to apologize by sending an appreciation plaque...
Let's go, Auntie.
Wait, we just...
Hey, let's see the tapes from that.
Play it.
The thing is...
What?
We can see right away who did that.
The chief and I already had a look.
It's broken.
What?
Yes. Estimated time of death is between 7pm and 10pm.
What were you doing and where?
I was at an internet cafe.
Playing a game to see who'd pay for the next round.
And you?
I was at home.
With your wife?
My wife and kid had to visit my in-laws.
- You were alone then? - My wife and kid were out.
Of course I'd be alone. Would I be with a ghost then?
What's wrong with you? Hey.
If I did it, why would I...
smash the door when I have a key?
Sir.
Is that your niece?
Yes, it's Bo Ra.
How did she end up like this?
It looks like she was strangled.
We need to investigate to be sure.
You said you're Kim Bo Ra's aunt.
Where are her parents?
They both died in an accident three years ago.
Bo Ra lived with me since then...
and joined the idol group I was putting together.
Were you with Bo Ra all day yesterday?
Yes.
She performed yesterday.
After dinner with Chairman Shin's family,
we got back around 6:30pm.
Chairman Shin?
Do you mean Chairman Shin Young Jo, the loan shark?
Yes.
His whole family died in an accident.
We ate with his son-in-law and daughter-in-law.
They weren't related by blood, but he considered them family.
What time did Bo Ra's performance end?
She didn't perform.
It was scheduled for 8:30pm,
but she disappeared.
When? When did she disappear?
30 minutes before the show.
So about 8pm.
8pm?
I was at home.
Why see Mal Goo?
To talk to him about the guardianship...
and see the old man.
The old man?
Min Seo would be her age if she were alive.
The dead girl.
Who do you think did that to her?
She's so young.
I'm glad you'll look after Woo Joon.
Sorry for changing my mind so often.
No.
Woo Joon wanted to stay with you from the start.
I'd like to see the old man.
The chairman?
Hello? Yes.
I'll be right there.
Could you stay with the chairman...
until the caregiver arrives?
You will take in Woo Joon?
Yes.
Then what about the favor I asked?
I'm sorry,
but I can't do it.
Help me up.
Just because I said it's a favor,
did you really think it's just that?
I know your identity.
Right.
I'm not Ma Ji Won, the writer.
Then you should do what you must.
You're looking for...
the man who kidnapped a girl nine years ago.
The man I'm looking for...
isn't your son.
The day my fool of a son kidnapped a child...
is the day your daughter was kidnapped and killed.
Do you still think it's not him?
The person who took my daughter was a woman.
That can't be.
I'll stay here for a while.
Then...
you decided to forget?
About what happened to you?
No.
How could I forget?
But the only witness is dead.
I'm not a detective,
so there's a limit to the evidence I can find.
I plan to stay until Woo Joon...
settles down at least.
It won't be long.
Where's the chairman's son?
- I don't know. - Mal Goo.
I said I don't know.
Please.
There's something I must ask him.
Whatever it is, there's no use in meeting him.
I'll make that decision.
Where is he?
Why do you want to see him?
He abducted a young girl long ago.
- Says who? - The chairman.
Where is he?
The girl he kidnapped...
was my sister.
(Bomun Nursing Hospital)
After the chairman fell ill,
he yearned to see his son.
I found him then.
A few years ago.
Jang Sun Doo.
Do you hear me?
Did you take Soo Ji?
Who told you to?
Tell me. Go on.
Tell me.
Tell me, you scumbag!
Who made you do it?
The chart says he was found nine years ago...
badly beaten up somewhere in Daejeon.
You don't know who did it?
No.
He's fully paralyzed right now.
Then he's still conscious.
He can see and hear, can't he?
His brainwaves say so,
but he has no motor response.
Other than that he's conscious,
he's almost a vegetable.
- A nine-year-old case? - Yes.
The escaped prisoner who killed herself.
Chief Han made me...
copy these files in storage.
What for?
I don't know.
Hankook Tech? Why's he looking into them?
I don't know the details.
Giga Fine Industry, Bekwoon Electronics,
Sungsan Materials.
(Sungsan, Hankook, Taeheung)
Anyway, he's been looking into the companies that...
had issues with Hankook Tech.
This punk.
- You're dismissed. - Okay.
It's me.
I need to use your men.
I understand.
Chief Prosecutor Yang complained.
About what?
She asked why you wanted those copies.
Don't get too close to her.
That's not what's happening.
Think about it.
How can I not listen to the chief prosecutor?
I could do with a promotion.
Promotion?
Yes. Every time I take the exam to become a lieutenant, I fail.
Then would you like to have a special promotion?
Special?
How?
Well, you have to catch the culprit.
(Yongam Mountain Murder Case)
We need to run around and investigate to catch culprits.
How can we catch them if we keep digging into a closed case?
Because in that case,
there are culprits who will give you the special promotion.
Gosh, come on.
They're Chief Prosecutor Yang and Jang Cheol Min.
Chief Prosecutor Yang and Jang Cheol...
Sit.
(Yongam Mountain Murder Case 2)
Keep them in mind as the suspects, and look into this.
Got it?
Okay.
So you're saying that...
Chief Prosecutor Yang and Jang Cheol Min...
They had planned it all out?
So that they could take over her company?
After doing so, Chief Prosecutor Yang took care...
of all the rivaling companies for that company?
Bingo.
But there's a witness who saw that lady...
kidnapping Jang Min Seo.
The testimony said...
that the girl voluntarily got in the car while on the phone.
I naturally thought that her mom was in the car.
But it was Chief Prosecutor Yang.
I believe Min Seo was on the phone with her dad.
He probably told her that it was okay,
so she got in undoubtedly.
I'm pretty sure it was that lady's car.
Okay.
Look.
They prepared an identical car.
As long as they changed the license plate,
no one would know.
After that,
they tailed her car...
and blackmailed her.
Around Yongam Mountain,
her house, and National Cemetery.
Because they're in similar areas and the same base station.
That's why people believe that she made the call herself.
There's one thing I don't understand.
In the car that we found,
we found her fingerprints, the girl's, and blood.
This is the car Chief Prosecutor Yang...
planted the girl's fingerprints and blood in.
And this is the woman's car.
All right.
This is the woman's house.
Once the woman parked the car and hurried inside,
they swapped the cars.
(43B4096)
When the woman came out with the ransom, she had no idea...
the cars were swapped.
She got into the swapped car.
The one that contained Min Seo's fingerprints and blood.
That's why we could find...
countless fingerprints on the steering wheel.
But don't you think...
she would've felt something strange when she got in the car?
Even if they customized the interior,
she must've felt a certain vibe that this wasn't her car.
If it was any other day, she would've.
But she was not in her right mind that night.
What?
I need to use the bathroom.
Sir.
This is unbelievable.
(Wife)
Hey, honey.
I'm with Detective Cheon.
Okay, I'll be home soon.
Is Yu Ri sleeping?
Okay.
I'll use the chauffeur service, so don't worry.
Gosh, I will. Okay, bye.
- Sir. - Okay. What?
Bye.
- Let's go in. - Okay.
Does the governor know about this?
(Episode 28)
Not yet.
When will you report it?
Once I get definite proof.
Is there nothing at the moment?
It's a 9-year-old case, so I can't find anything yet.
True.
- Hello? - Hello, thank you for your work.
I'm Detective Kim Woong Min...
from Daejeon Central District Prosecutors' Office.
I wanted to notify you...
- of... - How dare you, you scumbag?
Hey, I'm a detective myself, you dirtbag.
- Who was it? - It was a scam call.
There's no Central District Prosecutors' Office in Daejeon.
Scam call?
When you were chasing that crazy witch,
we were busy trying to catch a scam caller.
Scam call?
The left road leads to the scene,
but the woman went that way.
The car was found on that side.
It takes the same amount of time to head to the scene from there...
or from here.
But that can't be.
They could've met.
Chief Prosecutor Yang knew about that.
But she went this way...
and arrived at the scene long before the woman did.
How can you explain that?
The answer lies in there.
What about this?
It's about 30km, not 1km, from here to Yongam Reservoir.
So why does it say 1km?
You're right.
This sign is wrong.
To be exact,
when this sign was made,
there was a way to the reservoir about 1km away from here.
(Yongam Reservoir)
Right here.
(Yongam Reservoir)
You're right.
When I was a newbie cop,
this was the entrance to the reservoir.
The path is blocked at the moment because of a private property,
but if we drive along that path, it's the scene of the accident.
Even if we walked, it wouldn't take too long.
Chief Prosecutor Yang...
knew about this path.
And here's the highlight.
Scam call.
Look.
We're at this convenience store right now.
That way leads to the shortcut.
That way leads to the incorrect sign.
Chief Prosecutor Yang took this road, passed the three-way,
then she went down by a shortcut.
Then she got into a car and went down this way again.
I'm sure she did. That's the only road.
When that case broke out nine years ago, you said you were...
working here as a conscripted policeman,
looking for a suspect of a voice phishing case.
Yes.
That building right there used to be a bank nine years ago.
His face was caught on camera there.
That's how I caught him.
When was he caught on camera?
It was when the dead bodies of that woman and the kid were found.
I think it was past midnight.
Wait, does this mean...
- Who was that? - A friend in Seobu Police Station.
Chief Prosecutor Yang might find out if I made you do this,
so I asked them instead.
Then are these pictures of evidence from that case?
Yes, the evidence of that criminal of the voice phishing scam.
It has the security footage of the bank,
the security footage of regular buildings,
and pictures from speed cameras.
Every single picture of him is in this envelope.
Then there's a chance we might find Chief Prosecutor Yang in here.
Bingo.
Right here.
We finally got her.
Woo Joon.
Do you want to go eat out this weekend?
Eat out?
I made a dinner reservation at The Moon Hotel.
There is a really famous chef in their kitchen.
- Will you come? - Of course.
It was my dream to get to talk to the chef there, Ms. Ma.
Then...
can you do me a favor?
What is it?
Can you call me Auntie instead of Ms. Ma?
Auntie?
If you're more comfortable with Ms. Ma, that's fine.
We live under the same roof, so Ms. Ma sounds a bit too distant.
Why? Don't you want to?
No, I like it too.
Auntie.
Then you're eating out with your auntie this weekend.
Sounds great, Auntie.
Do you need more time to get the evidence?
I'm almost done. Just wait a bit.
Anyway, how is your aunt doing?
We don't have to worry about her.
I'm glad.
I'll be there tomorrow or the day after that. Keep your eyes on her.
Yes.
Was the culprit caught?
It's a guy named Ha Eun Jik,
who lived next door to Ms. Oh.
I ran into him before, and he was really terrible.
I guess he got caught on security footage, then.
The security camera at the precinct station was broken,
so they didn't find anything there.
- Then how did they get him? - Dash cams.
I mean,
the security camera at the precinct station may be broken,
but the cars in our village should be fine, right?
So I asked the teachers of Village Library...
to go through every single dash cam footage...
of the cars that were parked near the precinct station.
And we found that guy on Ms. Park's dash cam footage.
Are you still going to deny your charges?
We found your hair in here.
This is Kim Bo Ra's hair, right?
I don't know. I have no idea.
You do have an idea.
You invited her home to take money from her,
then killed her because she wouldn't give it up.
I heard you've called her and came onto her many times before.
I wasn't coming onto her. It was a consultation.
Bo Ra wanted to go to Berklee College of Music,
so I just gave her some advice.
- Darn you. - If you didn't kill her,
why was her body in your place?
I don't know. I really don't know anything about this.
I fell asleep when I got drunk, then woke up past midnight.
Then I found her...
I found her dead body...
next to me.
Then why did you bring her body to the precinct station?
Were you trying to frame me?
Yes, absolutely right.
Because you look like an awful guy.
What?
So did that man, Ha Eun Jik, make a confession?
He keeps on insisting that he didn't do it.
We don't need his confession.
There's a lot of evidence,
and the dead body was originally found at his place too.
We can't say he's the killer...
just because he was with the dead body.
Ji Won.
If the one who's next to a dead body is not the killer,
who could it be?
Anyway, the investigation is almost coming to an end.
Thanks to this, I can finally live in peace too.
The motive of his murder is money.
Kim Bo Ra's had 500,000 dollars in her bank account.
Bo Ra?
Oh, her name is Bo Ra. Kim Bo Ra.
The girl who was found in the station.
She looked like a high school student.
How does she get so much money?
There's this guy named Chairman Shin,
an old man who is in a private loan business in the city.
He gave it to her.
Then did Ha Eun Jik take her money?
It's still in her bank account.
That's weird.
If he was after money, he should have taken that first.
I guess she refused to give it to him.
I guess he killed her accidentally in the process.
Then who else knows that she has 500,000 dollars?
Chairman Shin, his son-in-law, his daughter-in-law,
and Bo Ra's aunt, I think.
You want some reference data of the case in return...
for you to accept the appreciation plaque?
That's so you, Ms. Ma.
You're such a writer.
Do you have some time next Wednesday?
My boss has something to do on Monday and Tuesday.
Do you have any other pictures?
Here.
- What are these? - Oh, those?
Kim Bo Ra's nails.
We found them in the garbage can inside the club.
Are you sure these belong to Bo Ra?
They are hers.
Before she went missing, Chairman Shin's daughter-in-law...
said she clipped the nails for her at the club.
Why? Do you sense something?
But this time, we're sure.
Ha Eun Jik is the only guy who has no alibis...
on the day that Kim Bo Ra died.
Her estimated time of death is between 7pm to 10pm.
But she was at the club until 8pm.
So the estimation should be between 8pm to 10pm.
We don't have to include the time while she was still alive.
What was Ha Eun Jik doing at that time?
He said he got drunk and slept at home.
But who would believe that?
Between 8pm to 10pm?
Yes. That's the estimated time of Ms. Kim's death.
I'm not asking to interrogate you, so don't worry about it.
Ms. Ma is doing interviews for her book.
What were you doing at that time?
I got out of the club around 8:30pm.
I went to see Bo Ra perform,
but Seo Won performed instead of her.
Then what did you do after that?
I stopped by a market with my daughter-in-law, then went home.
It was probably past 9:30pm when we got home.
And you stayed home since then?
Yes.
Let me ask you one more question.
Bo Ra isn't even your real granddaughter.
Why did you give her so much money?
- It's for her to study abroad. - For her to study abroad?
Bo Ran wanted to go to the US to study music.
And I wanted her dream to come true.
He wanted her dream to come true?
Complete nonsense.
I could totally see greed in his eyes. Don't you think so?
Where are we?
Eun Jik was completely wasted,
so I dropped him off at home.
I mean, he's a regular here.
Then what time did you get back here?
It was a little before 8pm.
I stayed here after that.
Right?
Do you want to go up to the third floor?
I'm not sure if Ms. Lee Seo Won is there, though.
I'm sure she's there.
The money your father-in-law gave Bo Ra.
Did you know it was for her studies abroad?
Yes, I knew that.
That's what...
she wanted to get by flirting with him.
I was at a club...
and came here a bit after 8pm.
No one could reach Bo Ra...
and they needed me to fill in for her.
Until what time?
The performance ended at 9:30pm.
The girls and I came back up here and had dinner.
Did Bo Ra have any habits?
Like, did she twist her hair or...
bite her fingernails?
I don't know. I don't think so.
Did you catch a cold?
Why are you trembling?
- Chief Jo. - What?
The girl...
found at the precinct.
Kim Bo Ra? What about her?
Who confirmed her as Bo Ra?
Lee Seo Won did.
She's the girl's only guardian.
Woo Joon just fell asleep.
What are these?
Photos of the dead girl's hands.
Her name's Bo Ra. Kim Bo Ra.
Sure.
It's not bad to concentrate on a case like this.
Something's odd.
What is?
Bo Ra's aunt checked the body.
I think she's lying.
When I asked, I was told...
Bo Ra didn't have any habits.
If you look at this,
she definitely chewed her fingernails.
These are Bo Ra's nail clippings.
These are the dead girl's hands.
None of the clippings show that she chewed her nails.
But the nails of the dead girl...
were definitely chewed on.
Are you sure these are Bo Ra's nail clippings?
We'll find out.
If these prove to be Bo Ra's,
it means there are two girls.
A girl who chews her nails and a girl who doesn't.
The body at the precinct belongs to another girl.
It's been a while.
It's nice to see you.
Nice.
Okay, I got you.
Is that Bertram?
Bertram International.
It's registered as a trading company,
but it reeks of a laundering company.
- Money laundering? - Yes.
And this.
Chief Yang will catch on if we apply for a warrant,
so I got this from a bank I have leverage on.
Hankook Tech wasn't the only company...
paying off Bertram.
Of course, Chief Prosecutor Yang has connections with them all.
Not all but quite a few.
Chief Yang looks out for them and Bertram gets paid.
Okay. This'll do.
The governor will be in bed.
Shall I wake him up?
Not yet.
First, bring in our hidden card.
Our hidden card?
Ms. Ma, the writer.
Why are you bothering busy people over a closed case?
It's such a pity.
She should be...
wearing pretty clothes and eating out with friends...
while enjoying a chat.
But she's dead.
We're busy.
I brought you here...
to find the person who killed this girl.
What?
What are you talking about?
Then what, Ha Eun Jik isn't the killer?
The real killer wanted to make...
Ha Eun Jik look guilty.
That person's here.
Ms. Ma.
Everyone here...
has an alibi around the time Bo Ra died.
That would be the case...
if her time of death were between 8pm and 10pm.
But this girl's estimated time of death...
was between 7pm and 10pm.
I explained all that.
She was seen walking about alive and well in the club...
between 7pm and 8pm.
That's why the time of death is between 8pm and 10pm.
That would be so if this girl is Bo Ra.
A list of recent missing persons' reports.
On the right is an application form...
to Majestic Entertainment.
So what?
The girl here is Sung Hye In, another missing girl?
The murderer chose a girl who was Bo Ra's age...
and had a similar build.
She needed Bo Ra's replacement.
The new color suits you well.
A little makeup and you'll look perfect.
Really, ma'am?
Don't call me that.
Call me Seo Won.
That's right.
This girl isn't Bo Ra. She's Hye In. Sung Hye In.
We can confirm that...
with a DNA test.
I was with Bo Ra all day...
and after she disappeared, I went to a club.
How could I have killed her?
Your alibi is airtight.
But is your accomplice's?
Her accomplice?
Someone who has no alibi between 7pm and 8pm.
The person who went to Ha Eun Jik's...
where the body was first discovered.
Mr. Gye Soo Gil.
He must have spiked Ha Eun Jik's drink with a sedative.
He couldn't have him waking up.
Hye In was made to look just like Bo Ra.
She was drugged before she was brought over.
She was brought to Ha Eun Jik's home.
I treated you like my own son. How could you?
It's all your fault.
If you'd given me the money you gave Bo Ra,
this wouldn't have happened.
What?
Sir.
Tell me.
What did you do to Bo Ra?
Do you call yourself a human being?
Stop.
You.
You said my husband was the culprit.
But you didn't believe me.
You said he had an alibi.
Okay.
An accomplice.
A woman.
You said she killed your sister.
Then was the girl whom I held in my arms that day...
your sister?
Tell me.
You can ask him that.
Who?
Han Tae Gyu...
is in front of the house.
- What's your name? - Choi Woo Joon.
- How old are you? - I'm 10.
Oh, really? I have a daughter your age.
Are there any adults home?
Who are you?
Me? I'm Ms. Ma's friend.
You had plans to see her?
Yes.
That's odd. We planned to go out for dinner today.
Really? You can still do that.
I won't take long.
There she is.
Auntie!
Eun Ji!
Mister, are you okay?
I'm fine.
Are you okay?
Woo Joon.
If...
If something happens to me...
No!