| Jeong Du-yeong | |
| Birth Date: | 31 December 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Busan, South Korea |
| Conviction: | Murder |
| Sentence: | Death |
| Victims: | 9 |
| Beginyear: | 1999 |
| Endyear: | 2000 |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Imprisoned: | Daejeon Prison |
Jeong Du-yeong (born December 31, 1968) is a South Korean serial killer who killed 9 people from June 1999 to April 2000.
In 1986, when he was 18 years old, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for killing 43-year-old officer Kim Chan-il. After his release, he was again arrested for theft and sentenced to six months in prison. In the following 10 months, he committed 16 robberies, killing 9 people in Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongnam and Chungham.[1]
Jeong Du-yeong was born in 1968 as the youngest child with three brothers and one sister. His father died when he was two and his mother remarried, leaving Jeong to be cared for by his uncle. He had a serious complex due to his appearance, and said that the reason for the 1986 murder was simply because he thought the officer ignored him. Jeong, who spent most of his childhood in an orphanage, stated in his post-arrest statement that he wanted to have an ordinary family. Until then, money was not collected by theft and robbery, but by a bankbook, reaching a total amount of 130 million won. He said that he had planned to arrange marriages to a total of one billion people, and that he was going to build an apartment and PC room.[2]
On September 28, 2016, while imprisoned in Daejeon Prison, he was caught trying to escape using a ladder that he had secretly built while working in the workshop. He escaped over two of three prison walls, but failed to cross the last wall.[3]
Jeong Du-yeong's brother-in-law was an accomplice. His brother was not aware of that Jeong murdered people.
On July 21, 2000, the Busan District Court sentenced Jeong Du-yeong, who was charged with robbery, to death, and also sentenced his brother-in-law, Kim Jong-young, to one year and six months imprisonment. The defendants objected and submitted an appeal to the Busan District Court.[4]
On November 30, 2000, the Busan Appellate Court dismissed all the appeals and maintained Jeong's death sentence and Kim's one year and six months sentence. Jeong abandoned his appeals towards the Supreme Court, confirming his death penalty. He is now serving his sentence in Daejeon prison.