Team Bulldog: Off-Duty Investigation (번외수사)

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Jae-min?

Jae-min, are you sleeping?

You were home. Why didn't you answer your phone?

Jae-min. Wake up. Jae-min.

"Jin-su"?

Are you talking about Cho Jin-su, the guy from middle school?

Let's say I killed him.

Then why would I hide his body here

when it will only make me a suspect?

You can't penalize me.

I was under 14 years of age back then.

What did I tell you? You can't catch me.

Jae-min.

No way.

Did it start again?

Excuse me, coming through.

Hello.

Hey.

- How are things going? - You're here.

Newbie, you're getting quite a welcome.

You've never seen a body, have you?

No, sir.

I saw many when I was on patrol duty.

It's an everyday occurrence for a police officer.

Is that so? Is that why you were dry-heaving?

I think the cockles I had for lunch were bad.

Wait, isn't this a Boxcutter Murder?

Sorry? Boxcutter?

What is it?

What's that?

There's another victim here!

Call an ambulance now!

Why do you keep staring at it?

What's going on?

Is it really the Boxcutter Serial Murder Case?

You went to the sauna again.

I'm guessing the Provincial Division took the case.

Of course.

The victim just popped up out of nowhere. I almost had a heart attack.

You found a survivor of the Boxcutter Case?

Sir, I have a question.

Why would the Provincial Division take the case

when it happened in our jurisdiction?

We got there first,

and we examined the crime scene.

Because it's a serial murder case.

- Does it feel like they stole it from us? - Yes.

Why can't we investigate the case?

It falls into our jurisdiction.

When you're that young, it's normal to be passionate and full of spirit.

I'm not full.

I threw up everything I ate.

Wait. He does have a point.

We're talking about a serial killer. If we catch him, I'll get promoted

and become the chief of police.

Don't give him hope, sir.

He's just a rookie. He has no idea what he's talking about.

If we catch the culprit, we'll get acknowledged for it.

But no one will blame us even if we fail.

You're right. Officially speaking, it's the Provincial Division's case.

So we have nothing to lose.

On top of that, there's a survivor.

- Let's give it a shot. - Are you serious, sir?

There were two abandoned bodies,

- so there has to be more than one culprit. - Don't jump to conclusions.

We need to do well with the primary investigation.

Yes, I agree, sir.

The primary investigation is the most important.

My gosh.

The victim, Na Jeong-min, and the survivor, Son Ji-young,

went to the same high school together.

And they were reported missing after they met up three days ago.

Do you know what the Boxcutter Serial Murder Case is?

Of course. It's a murder case

where 22 people have been murdered since the year 2000.

What's important is that he's a different breed.

Other serial killers murder the victims after they commit sexual assault.

But this guy kills people for the sake of killing.

He targets everyone.

[ He tortured his victims by cutting them with boxcutters. ]

[ After that, he cleaned their bodies with bleach, ]

[ put their clothes back on, and threw them in a pile of garbage. ]

[ But he always cut out a square-shaped piece of their clothes. ]

Na Jeong-min was even stabbed

on the neck like this.

Does that mean his methods have become crueler?

Serial killers also evolve with time.

This guy is so meticulous and cruel.

Why do you think he let Son Ji-young live?

I don't know.

I saw nothing.

I was too scared.

What about his face, voice, or location?

Don't you remember anything?

No, I can't remember anything.

That's enough. Can't you see it's bothering her?

She's suffering from temporary memory loss due to severe shock.

The doctor told her it's important to get good rest.

Please leave.

Please call us if she happens to remember anything.

Take good care of yourself.

It's okay.

Hey, wait.

You forgot to take your bag.

Thank you.

Wait.

I don't know if this will help with the investigation.

But Ji-young went through something a few days ago.

No, I don't remember!

I don't remember!

What's the matter, Ji-young? What is it? What's wrong?

It's okay! It's me, your mom! You're okay!

It's me. You're okay.

Here it is.

Son Ji-young called the police a week ago

saying a stranger is following her.

But this guy is already pretty well-known in the neighborhood.

What do you mean?

Here. His name is Ham Deok-su.

He's mentally disabled, so people get mistaken.

But most of the time, it turns out he didn't follow them.

Excuse me.

I'm Detective Seo In-jae from Geumpyeong Police Station.

I'm here to ask you something.

What brings a detective here?

Is Mr. Ham Deok-su here?

We noticed that this is his address.

He went out for a delivery.

There he is.

Thanks.

Mr. Ham?

Yes.

Have you ever seen these ladies?

No.

- I need to pee. I have to pee. - Oh, okay.

- I need to pee. - Okay.

I need to pee.

He seems to be getting better except for that.

What's your relationship with him?

I once worked at a facility for disabled people,

and that's where I met him.

The government stopped funding the facility, so it closed down.

He had nowhere else to go,

so I give him odd jobs and let him stay here in return.

But what brings you here?

Do you know that someone was murdered by the garbage dump across the street?

Really?

No wonder the market was packed with people

when it's normally really quiet.

Have you seen these women by any chance?

I'm not sure.

I know most young ladies living in this neighborhood.

But these two are unfamiliar.

Have you seen them, honey?

It really has been a decade.

He held out for quite a while.

Jae-min.

If he was going to die like this...

It doesn't look like

anyone broke into the house.

Could it be an acquaintance?

No, it's got to be him.

What?

In-jae. Look.

Take a look at this.

Why are you wearing the same clothes?

Did you spend the night here?

Hey, this is the old man from the shoe repair shop yesterday.

What about this?

Ji Su-cheol, 62 years old.

He moved to northern Gyeonggi Province in the late 1990s.

And that's when the Boxcutter Serial Murders started to occur.

And right after he moved here last year,

Na Jeong-min got killed.

- It's probably just a coincidence. - What? No, wait.

And you know what? When I asked him

about Na Jeong-min's case yesterday,

he said that he wasn't even aware of the murder, didn't he?

But you know what? Take a look at this.

It's a photo from the crime scene.

He was photographed in the crowd with the other bystanders.

What?

And that isn't all.

I looked into him just in case.

Look at this. He was photographed

at several other crime scenes.

Don't you know how they say culprits always show up at the scene of the crime?

It's only a few out of 22 crime scenes.

I guess the old man got curious and went to the crime scenes.

Besides, he's in his 60s.

I doubt that he was strong enough to subdue the victims.

And there were two victims this time.

I said not to jump to conclusions.

Removing him from the list of suspects just because he's an old man

is also jumping to conclusions.

I'm not jumping to conclusions. That's common sense. Gosh.

Please hear me out.

Help me get a search warrant for his house.