Career
The murders took place in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province. His first victim was Bae, a 45-year-old karaoke bar employee, followed by three murders in 2007 including a 48-year-old housewife and a 21-year-old student from Suwon. Their bodies were found in the woods.
Kang was arrested by the police in 2009 and following the two-day investigation that ensued, he confessed to 10 murders.
More victim remains have since been discovered and identified using deoxyribonucleic acid evidence. The families of the victims sued Kang for damages.
Upon confessing to murdering 10 women, Kang was found guilty of rape, murder and arson and was sentenced to death by a court in Ansan on 22 April 2009. While death by hanging remains on South of Korea"s statute books an informal moratorium on the Korean death sentence has been in place since 1997.
Bae, 45, employed at a karaoke bar in Gunpo, on December 14, 2006
Park, 37, employed at a karaoke bar in Suwon, on December 24, 2006
Park, 52, office employee at Hwaseong, on January 3, 2007
Kim, 37, employed in a karaoke bar in Anyang, on January 7, 2007
Yeon, 20, university student in Suwon, on January 7, 2007
Kim, 48, housewife in Suwon, on November 9, 2008
University Student, 21, in Ansan, on December 19, 2008
Mother-in-law of Kang Ho-sun
Wife of Kang Ho-sun
During his early days in prison, Kang acted like a king of the other prisoners and never seemed apologetic or remorseful, according to a prison officer
He said Kang seemed to realize his position only after Jung Nam-gyu, a serial killer who was also sentenced to death, committed suicide because of the pressure of death penalty.
