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Gwangyang Jane Doe was a woman whose dismembered remains were found floating in the Seomjin River in Gwangyang, South Korea. Her remains had been forced into a nylon bag and weighed down with a dumbbell, but the bag burst open, causing the decedent's remains to float to the surface.
Case[]
On 10 January 1994, a sixth grader was fishing at the Seomjin River with his friends in Gwangyang, South Korea. While fishing, they noticed an unfamiliar object floating under the 4th pier of the Seomjin River Bridge. Upon taking a closer look, they discovered that it was a severed human hand. This prompted the students to call the police. The police searched the river and found seven different human body parts. They also found a damaged black nylon bag containing 13 kilograms, which the police believed was used to contain the remains. The specific parts of the body found were not mentioned, but the head and portions of the torso were left unrecovered.
The police found no visible injuries on the parts of her body that were recovered, and decomposition was not severe. This led the National Forensic Service to determine that she had been dead for approximately a week. Part of her lungs were blackened, which was believed to be the result of heavy smoking. The fingerprints on the recovered hand had been carefully removed and cut off to prevent identification. The statute of limitations expired in 2009.
Characteristics[]
- Blackened lungs due to being a smoker.
Sources[]
- Namu (Korean)