>>212257587 (OP)
The case hadn’t been solved when the movie came out in 2006. It was basically the SK government saying “fuck you, we’re on your ass” to the killer.
>At the time of the film's release, the actual murderer had not yet been caught. >As the case was growing close to reaching the statute of limitations, South Korea's leading Uri Party sought to amend the law to give the prosecutors more time to find the murderer. However, in 2006, the statute of limitations was reached for the last-known victim.[31]
More than 13 years later, on September 18, 2019, police announced that a man in his 50s, Lee Choon-jae, had been identified as a suspect in the killings.[32] He was identified after DNA from the underwear of one victim was matched with his, and subsequent DNA testing linked him to four of the other unsolved serial murders.[33] At the time he was identified, he was already serving a life sentence in a prison in Busan for the rape and murder of his sister-in-law.[34]
Lee initially denied any involvement in the serial murders,[35] but, on October 2, 2019, police announced he had confessed to killing 14 people, including all 10 serial murders.
