IT'S OVER...

This past Monday was it. The end. Finito. All done.

On November 15, 1990 the brutalised body of a 13 year old girl was found in Hwasong, Kyonggi Province. She was the ninth and last victim of the Hwasong Serial Killer, whose identity has never been discovered. Korean law has a 15 year statute of limitations on murder, and this past Monday, November 15, 2005 was the last day prosecutors could present evidence gathered by the 4 man team that still keeps the  case alive. As far as I know, no evidence was presented and so the crimes look like they'll never be solved.

Bong Joon-Ho memorialized the investigation of these killings in 2003's MEMORIES OF MURDER.

Chillingly enough, in October, 2004 a young woman on her way home from the pool in Hwasong went missing. She was on her way home, which was about 3 miles from her home. She got off a bus and was never seen again (as far as I know - I couldn't find any follow-up stories). Although investigators say the details of the crime were different, it was still similar enough to cause concern.