In 1986, a tiny rural town near the city of Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, was rocked by a series of rapes and murders targeting its female residents.
A total of 10 women were killed over the course of five years, while the authorities failed to identify the perpetrator, limited by the technology of the time and a series of mistakes that occurred during the investigation.
For over three decades, the Hwaseong serial murders remained one of the most famous unsolved cases in South Korea, capturing public attention due to the brutal nature of the crimes and the lingering sense of frustration and fear stemming from the fact that the culprit had not been caught.
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