According to the police, the victim was yet to be reported missing, which led the police to assume he had no family or had separated.

The National Forensic Service determined the victim’s primary cause of death to be the blows he received to his head. His facial bones were broken as well as his rib cage.

The victim had marks of five to six gashes on his head and arm, and a stab wound as deep as 5 to 6 centimeters on his right buttock.

Based on the marks of multiple assault, the police presumed the perpetrator to be an acquaintance who held resentment against the victim.

The investigation will continue around the victim’s circle of acquaintances from work and his residence.

The police will also run a check through the victim’s cell phone call logs and bank transaction records to see whether he had been involved in criminal activities. 

The dismembered body of the man was found in Daebudo Island in Gyeonggi province, south of Incheon. The upper half of the body was discovered first on Sunday by a tourist while the lower half was later discovered by the search team on Tuesday at the island’s northernmost wharf.

Both halves were deserted wrapped in a gunny sack.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)