Australia - Taekwondo instructor charged with murder of 7-year old student and boy's parents - February 21, 2024

[Clearsky]

Taekwondo instructor charged with murder in the deaths of a 7-year-old student and the boy's parents

A taekwondo instructor has been charged from his hospital bed with three counts of murder over the deaths of a 7-year-old student and the boy’s parents.

apnews.com

Police allege Kwang Kyung Yoo strangled his student and the boy’s mother, Min Cho, to death at his academy on Monday evening. Yoo then allegedly drove her car to the family home where he fatally stabbed her husband Steven Cho.

 

[iamshadow21]

'It's pretty frightening': Three bodies found in two Sydney locations as police treat them as linked

The body of a man was located in Baulkham Hills, while two other bodies, a woman and a child, were found inside a martial arts studio in North Parramatta.

www.abc.net.au

Martial arts instructor charged with three counts of murder after bodies found in Sydney

Police have charged Kwang Kyung Yoo with three counts of murder after the discovery of the bodies of a husband, wife and their child in two separate locations in Sydney on Tuesday.

www.abc.net.au

Taekwondo instructor has first court hearing after being charged with murdering family

A taekwondo instructor who allegedly murdered an entire family in Sydney has his case heard in court this morning as police continue investigating the motive.

www.abc.net.au

 

[nhmemorymaker]

'It's pretty frightening': Three bodies found in two Sydney locations as police treat them as linked

The body of a man was located in Baulkham Hills, while two other bodies, a woman and a child, were found inside a martial arts studio in North Parramatta.

www.abc.net.au

Martial arts instructor charged with three counts of murder after bodies found in Sydney

Police have charged Kwang Kyung Yoo with three counts of murder after the discovery of the bodies of a husband, wife and their child in two separate locations in Sydney on Tuesday.

www.abc.net.au

Taekwondo instructor has first court hearing after being charged with murdering family

A taekwondo instructor who allegedly murdered an entire family in Sydney has his case heard in court this morning as police continue investigating the motive.

www.abc.net.au

how sad.
Soooo little data provided to explain such horrendous family slaughter.

 

[iamshadow21]

how sad.
Soooo little data provided to explain such horrendous family slaughter.

It's early days yet, and they have a living suspect in custody.

I have my own private theories, but nothing, as yet, that can be supported by information available at this time, which as you say is precious little.

MOO

 

[Oddsocks]

It's early days yet, and they have a living suspect in custody.

I have my own private theories, but nothing, as yet, that can be supported by information available at this time, which as you say is precious little.

MOO

I have a theory too. I drove past on my way to work and saw the heavy police presence but didn't expect it to be this. Rip

 

[Persephone111]

very interested to see more info come out on this one...have they established a connection between the parties besides the child attending the martial arts academy?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

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Taekwondo instructor strangled student, 7, hour after black belt ceremony before stabbing dad, stealing victim’s clothes: cops

Police will allege that a seven-year-old boy was strangled to death by his taekwondo instructor an hour after receiving his black belt in a special ceremony.

nypost.com

 

[vls12345]

This article mentions a June 20 court date. Have there been any updates that anyone has seen?

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/taekwondo-instructor-accused-of-shocking-triple-murder/news-story/58c0ee9b32d794e1c88d3edcfded3559

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Chilling details emerge about triple killer Taekwondo instructor

Kyung Kwang Yoo faced Parramatta Local Court over the murders of a seven-year-old boy and his parents in Sydney's west in February 2024.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Chilling new details emerge about how a Taekwondo instructor strangled one of his students to death and killed the boy's parents - as his twisted past as a 'status-obsessed, serial liar' comes to light​

A taekwondo instructor has admitted to killing his seven-year-old student and the boy's parents as his disturbing history as a status-obsessed serial liar was laid bare in court.

Kyung Kwang Yoo pleaded guilty to three counts of murder at Parramatta Local Court in Sydney's west on Thursday via video link.

CCTV captured the mother following Yoo through a classroom and into a storeroom.

He strangled her to death inside.

When his classes ended at 8pm, Yoo asked the boy to follow him into the same storeroom, where the child was also strangled to death.

Case facts state that after killing her and her son, Yoo took Ms Cho's BMW and drove to her family home in nearby Baulkham Hills.

There he found Mr Cho and repeatedly stabbed him in the head, neck and torso with a knife and a pair of scissors.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

He murdered them for their BMW

"In between the first two murders he called his wife to say a BMW he had told her he was expecting to receive as a work car from a school where he had a part-time job “had arrived"

Korean taekwondo teacher admits Sydney triple murder

A wealth and status-obsessed Korean taekwondo teacher has admitted murdering one of his students and the seven-year-old boy's parents in Sydney.

www.noticer.news