Yoo Young-chul

Yoo Young-Chul
Born (1970-04-18) April 18, 1970
Gochang, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Other names 레인 코트 킬러 (Raincoat Killer)
Criminal penalty Death
Children 1
Killings
Victims 21[1]
Span of killings
 2003–2004
Country South Korea
Date apprehended
 July 2004
Yoo Young-chul
Hangul 유영철
Hanja 柳永哲
Revised Romanization Yu Yeong(-)cheol
McCune–Reischauer Yu Yŏngch'ŏl
This is a Korean name; the family name is Yoo.

Yoo Young-chul (born April 18, 1970) is a South Korean serial killer and self-confessed cannibal. Although he admitted to murdering 21 people, mostly prostitutes and wealthy old men, the Seoul Central District Court convicted him of 20 murders (one case was dismissed on a technicality). Yoo burned three and mutilated at least 11 of his victims, admitting he ate the livers of some of them. He committed his crimes between September 2003 and July 2004, when he was arrested. Yoo explained his motives in front of a TV camera saying "Women shouldn't be sluts, and the rich should know what they've done." He was sentenced to death on June 19, 2005 by the Supreme Court.

His case, which appalled South Koreans, has fueled the debate on capital punishment in South Korea. Although the death penalty is still permissible under law, it has not been carried out since 1997. It appeared capital punishment might be abolished prior to Yoo's arrest, but support for the death penalty has grown since then.

The Seoul Central District Court said: "Murders of as many as 20 people are unprecedented in the nation and a very serious crime. The death penalty is inevitable for Yoo in light of the enormous pains inflicted on the families concerned and the entire society."

List of events and his early crimes

Killing spree

In film

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yoo Young-chul Included in World’s 31 worst Serial Killers. koreatimes (2010). Retrieved on 2014-10-11.
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