OR - Brooke Wilberger, 19, Corvallis, 24 May 2004 - #1

[IndigoFalls]

I guess I am off a bit on the location for the abduction of Roberta Kathleen Parks from Corvallis. I was thinking they found her body in a sorority house in Corvallis, but they just found part of her body, a skull, on Taylor Mountain in Washington State. She was abducted in Corvallis 30 years ago, but not anything to do with a sorority house. Apparently she took a late night walk from her dorm at OSU to either another dorm or to the Student Union. She was abducted at that time, but I don't think they know exactly where she was killed between there and Taylor Mountain, Washington.

 

[Newswolf]

http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=68566

The man accused of stealing women's underwear from college dormitories in three Oregon cities has been named as a "viable suspect" in a similar string of burglaries at Pacific University, authorities said Wednesday.

 

[Anngelique]

Court Documents Show Kim Had Airtight Alibi



PORTLAND, ORE. - Lawyers for the Tigard man named as a suspect in the disappearance of a 19-year-old college student filed court papers Thursday that appeared to validate his claim of innocence, according to an Associated Press wire report.
According to the documents, the day that Brooke Wilberger disappeared from a Corvallis apartment complex, Sung Koo Kim was at home, making online stock trades, according to computer records.

After that, Kim went shopping with his father at a local Circuit City, where he was apparently captured on a surveillance video. A sales tax receipt also indicates that he was at the store.

Kim, 30, is suspected of burglary in three Oregon counties, after allegations that he stole women's lingerie from college dormitories and has pleaded not guilty to all charges lodged against him.

Kim is being held in Multnomah County on $10 million bail, an unusually high amount for a theft case.

In an affadavit filed last week in Multnomah County, Michael Schrunk, Multnomah County's district attorney, wrote that the high bail was partly because, "Kim is suspected of responsibility in the disappearance of Brooke Wilberger in Corvallis, although there is not probable cause to arrest him for crimes connected to that disappearance at this time."

Police found more than 3,000 pairs of women's underwear in the house that Kim shares with his parents - along with dryer lint labeled as being from the apartment building where Wilberger was last seen.

Wilberger is a Brigham Young University student who was visiting her sister in Corvallis when she vanished May 24.

Her disappearance sparked a massive volunteer search effort and has drawn national attention.

Corvallis police had identified Kim as one of four people "of significant interest" in the Wilberger disappearance.

http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=68610

 

[Anngelique]

June 24, 2004
Does He Or Does He Not Have An Alibi?

By SARAH LINN

PORTLAND, Ore. - "Significant evidence" links a Tigard man to the disappearance of a 19-year-old college student, and his alibi is far from "iron-clad," prosecutors said in a court affidavit filed Thursday.

The affidavit came in response to earlier court papers filed by a lawyer for Sung Koo Kim, a suspect in Brooke Wilberger's disappearance. In those papers, attorney Janet Lee Hoffman said her client was at his Tigard home when Wilberger vanished from a Corvallis apartment complex.

Hoffman said Kim, 30, spent the morning making online stock trades via Ameritrade, then went shopping with his father at a local Circuit City.

In her court memorandum, Hoffman also said Kim's alibi is backed up by his family and Ameritrade records - as well as a surveillance video and receipt detailing the Circuit City trip.

But Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk argued that the alibi is a weak one.

In his affidavit, Schrunk said the drive to Corvallis to Tigard is only about an hour and 20 minutes.

He also said that the stock trades were done on the computer of Kim's sister, Jung Kim, and that she has refused to take a polygraph test.

Schrunk said the first confirmed appearance of Kim at Circuit City was at 12:42 p.m. - nearly three hours after Wilberger disappeared.

The district attorney said that there is "significant evidence tending to connect" Kim with Wilberger's disappearance. "The defendant does not have an iron-clad alibi," he said.

Kim has been charged with stealing thousands of pairs of women's underwear from college dormitories in three Oregon counties, but has pleaded innocent. He is being held in Multnomah County on $10 million bail.

Schrunk said Kim stole women's underwear in late April or early May from the laundry room of the apartment complex where Wilberger was last seen. Dryer lint from that apartment complex was found at Kim's home.

According to the affidavit, that lint was labeled with the name of Lynsey Foree, a student at nearby Oregon State University who frequented the apartments and was scheduled to move into the complex in late May.

Schrunk said Kim had a copy of Foree's picture and biographical information in his computer, adding that she bears a resemblance to the missing Brigham Young University student.

Also found on Kim's computer were 40,000 pictures of women being tortured and raped - as well as a document labeled "osu.doc," which describes the rape, torture and mutilation of a woman, according to an earlier affidavit filed by Portland police.

Schrunk said that Kim is a suspect in Wilberger's disappearance, but conceded, "There is no probable cause" to arrest him in the case.

Wilberger was visiting her sister in Corvallis when she vanished May 24, sparking a massive search effort.

Corvallis police had identified Kim as one of four people "of significant interest" in the Wilberger case.

His lawyer, Hoffman, wrote in her memorandum that Kim also passed a polygraph exam administered June 23 by a private examiner.

During the exam, Kim answered "No" to questions asking whether he had abducted Wilberger, or had any contact with her on May 24.

Schrunk said the polygraph test was "not persuasive."

http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=68616

 

[scandi]

Thanks Anngelique,

I wonder if Mr. Kim mistook Brooke for Lynsey Foree? Could be! Having lint that he himself had ID'ed as coming from the apt house where Brooke had stayed by OSU is very incriminating, wouldn't you think?

Anne and Newsperson, have either of you heard anything else? In the back of my mind I imagine this guy could have had an accomplice. Stealing women's underwear and using his imagination while holding it to his body to satisfy himself sounds like a passive way to enjoy oneself. Now actually getting the underwear is another thing - the risk and challenge could be tricky for eluding getting caught in the act. It leads me to believe he might have a cohort who he controled who might have assisted him - could have even been a female, right. What easier way to get into a dorm and then slink into the laundry room than being of like kind whom no one would feel suspicious!



A bit out of the box, I guess!
Scandi

 

[Anngelique]

Hi Scandi,

That is a good question about having a cohort. Who knows, maybe he even dressed up in drag. LOL

All I know is Kim is much more dangerous than just stealing panties. With what the LE found on his computer it means he is a ticking time bomb that may or may not have detonated yet. He reminds me a lot of what Bundy said he was like. Starting out with soft and eventually into heavy sadistic . (Also sounds like SP)

People say hard is harmless but when you start having to satisfy your sexual urges with people being tortured, with animals and other unnatural ways then it becomes very dangerous indeed.

I was so hoping for Brooke to come home. I am very concerned now that they feel Kim might be a true suspect. If he was home in a few hours shopping then it means he had to kidnap her and either store her or dispose of her somewhere quickly. If he is into torturing I would suspect it was disposing of her. It breaks my heart to say that, but I don't have a good feeling about finding her safe anymore.

( I hope we find out more details soon and the Wilburger family can put their minds at rest.

 

[Love_Mama]

I think I've read every post........but has anyone wondered if the parent's of this guy didn't think it was weird he had all those panties?

Just curious.....Look's like his alibi isn't so good after all........
This must be the right guy.......

xxxxxxxooooo
mama

 

[Anngelique]

I think I've read every post........but has anyone wondered if the parent's of this guy didn't think it was weird he had all those panties?

Just curious.....Look's like his alibi isn't so good after all........
This must be the right guy.......

xxxxxxxooooo
mama

Oh yes, I have very much wondered about these parents and the fact that he has so many underwear and some actually labeled. I also think it is strange that he is 30 and still lives at home.

Today I took my daycare children to a park a block away from my house. When we got to the park we noticed a bike lying on its side and a bike helmet and far away from that a vest and then over by the swingset a whole bunch of Yugio cards in their protective covers. I thought it was very strange as their were no children in sight. Then after being at the park for 30 mins I thought, you know, a child could have been abducted. So I had two of my 9 yr old daycare children walk back to my house and get my cell phone. I called 911. A police officer came out but he was not worried and said he could not do anything with the bike and property. He would make a note of it but that was it. I told him if there is a report of a missing child to remember this stuff in the park.

I don't know if Websleuths is making extra cautious but I would rather be safe than sorry.

By the way, I live in Salem, Oregon which is about 30 mins from where Brooke was abducted. We were there for an hour and a half and still no one showed up for the stuff.

 

[Anngelique]

June 25, 2004

Was Sung Koo Kim stalking an OSU student?

CORVALLIS, ORE. - An Oregon man named as a suspect in the disappearance of a Brigham Young University student may have been stalking a woman from southern Oregon.
Prosecutors say Kim stole women's underwear from the laundry room of the apartment complex where Brooke Wilberger was last seen.

Dryer lint from that apartment complex was found at Kim's home.

According to the affidavit, that lint was labeled with the name of a student at Oregon State University.

Police say she was scheduled to move into the complex.

Prosecutors say Kim had a copy of her picture and biographical information in his computer.

Kim has been charged with stealing thousands of pairs of women's underwear from college dormitories. He has pleaded innocent.

He is being held in Multnomah County on $10 million bail.

http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=68638

 

[Oceanbreeze]

Oh yes, I have very much wondered about these parents and the fact that he has so many underwear and some actually labeled. I also think it is strange that he is 30 and still lives at home.

Today I took my daycare children to a park a block away from my house. When we got to the park we noticed a bike lying on its side and a bike helmet and far away from that a vest and then over by the swingset a whole bunch of Yugio cards in their protective covers. I thought it was very strange as their were no children in sight. Then after being at the park for 30 mins I thought, you know, a child could have been abducted. So I had two of my 9 yr old daycare children walk back to my house and get my cell phone. I called 911. A police officer came out but he was not worried and said he could not do anything with the bike and property. He would make a note of it but that was it. I told him if there is a report of a missing child to remember this stuff in the park.

I don't know if Websleuths is making extra cautious but I would rather be safe than sorry.

By the way, I live in Salem, Oregon which is about 30 mins from where Brooke was abducted. We were there for an hour and a half and still no one showed up for the stuff.

Wow Anngelique, that is so strange. I hope everything is okay.

 

[Anngelique]

June 25, 2004

Wilberger family offering $3,000 reward for Brooke

CORVALLIS, ORE. - Another reward is being offered in the case of a 19-year-old woman who disappeared from a Corvallis apartment complex last month.
Brooke Wilberger, a Brigham Young University student who was visiting her sister on summer break, vanished on May 24.

The Wilberger family is now offering a reward of $3,000 for any valid information that leads to the location of Brooke.

There is also a $30,000 reward offered for the safe return of Brooke, as well as a separate $5,000 reward from the Carole/Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation.

 

[scandi]

Hi de Ho guys,

As I was walking in the door and flipped on the news, they had just started talking about Brooke. His bail was increased today, to what I do not know, as he was brought down to Benton County to appear on 3 new charges.

And then, naturally, as I was placing my groceries on the kitchen counter, I heard underwear mentioned. By the time I got within view of the TV, they were showing a shot of his computer screen with a pic of him dressed in women's underwear! I think! Darn those groceries A very sick man we are dealing with.

And the more I think about it I could make the supposition that he could have dressed as a woman to have believable entry into their dorms, including areas like a laundry room. A long haired black wig, capris and a light sweatshirt, sandels - he'd pass, just be a tall gal. So dangerous, wasn't he. I am so glad he is incarcerated, and think it will be a long time now if he ever gets out due to so many charges where they have so much evidence.


Newsperson, are there any more thoughts floating around in press circles?



Scandi

 

[Anngelique]

Scandi so me joking about him dressing up in drag was not off the mark. LOL

He is one SICK individual. I hope if he is the one who did it, that they nail him to the wall!!!!

PS on KATU.com they show pictures of all the underwear. There is NO WAY his mother could not have known that was in his room unless he kept the room locked and she was not allowed to enter. Even if that was true I would be what's up with that if I were his mother. Something stinks with this family.

 

[Anngelique]

Here are some snips from tonights news... I left a lot out so click on the link to read more. http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=68662

June 25, 2004

Emerging Evidence Unsettles Wilberger Family

CORVALLIS, ORE. - The case appears to be growing stronger against a Tigard man accused of stealing thousands of women's undergarments from several Oregon universities.
Several disturbing details were released in court documents Friday out of Benton County, where 30-year-old Sung Koo Kim was in court on burglary on theft charges.


In more evidence laid out against Kim on Friday, investigators in Benton County say he had a beginner's guide to lock picking and that they had taken hair and bodily fluid samples from his car and home, as well as a possible blood sample.

Kim's bail amount for Benton County has been set at $100,000 and he is expected back in court there on July 7.

At that time, he will be expected to hand over a handwriting sample, which investigators will compare with handwriting that was found on underwear.

Nonetheless, said Frink, "even if he didn't do this, the facts that make him a suspect are deeply disturbing in themselves."

Meanwhile, Kim's defense has voiced concerns that their client may be depressed.

Criminal psychologist Dr. Frank Colistro says that may be true if Kim is innocent, but if he has committed the types of crimes he is accused of, then he believes that would be a different story.

"They're going to be frustrated, but the kind of person who would commit these crimes usually is so steely emotionally that depression isn't going to be something they experience," he told KATU News.

 

[annemc2]

yes, i think that if he were having some depressive symptoms that these would be connected with remorse for what he has done. and i doubt seriously that this guy has any remorse whatsoever. he is sexually deviant, and sees nothing wrong with his behavior - to him it is within the realm of "normal." although many people who are afflicted with some type of paraphilia find their sexual urges distressing, by definition these paraphilias (including fetishism) are concealed from others and acutally appear to exclude or harm others.

and to have a beginner's guide to lockpicking? that is so scary. i am so thankful that this guy is off of the streets.

 

[scandi]

Hi Anngelique,

Re this: Scandi so me joking about him dressing up in drag was not off the mark. LOL

I wanted to make sure I had heard this so I listened to the later broadcast and I did hear it correctly. On the computer was an image of him wearing women's underwear!




Scandi

 

[lynie]

I haven't heard anything about what the parents are thinking...did see last week a clip where Dad was defending him, but what dad wouldn't...or doesn't ie: SP :loser:

I know in the Korean culture those that bring shame upon the family are often ostricized out of the family, yet these parents seem very supportive in every pic I see of them. Even with the underwear issue...weird...

He very much IMO looks like a scary creep...not all there...
Wasn't he caught doing this several years ago as well?

Lynie

 

[scandi]

Hi Lynie,

As dark and scary as the son's criminal activity is, I think we should give the parents here some grace. We have no idea how this guys genetic makeup leads him. Whatever, it certainly would not be with the parents will and blessing.

I saw him on a film clip today on the news ~ he acknowledged his mother as he walked past her into court and she reached out and touched his arm. At the same time, the father who was sitting on the aisle seat partially stood up a bit as his son reached across him, then sat back down, as in acknowledgement {sp - wow, that seems like a long word!}

I think we also have to take into account the traditional ways of Korean culture and what is normally expected in a situation like this. So horrific, and the evidence so far is blatent on the stalking, panty/evidence. I don't think it was his parents fault to be responsible to know what he was up to just because he lived at home. Maybe if they thought something was askew, they prayed about it ~ we don't know!

Now lil' sis, she might be covering for her brother ~ really it is too early to tell without further knowledge.

God bless everyone so touched by this incredulous tragedy.


Scandi

 

[CaliKid]

They profiled Brooke on AMW again tonight. Sorry to say, I don't see a positive ending in this. This Kim guy sounds really creepy. And with a sister who won't take a polygraph- hmmmm.

 

[lynie]

And a Happy Beautiful Day in the City of Roses to you as well!

I do have to agree with you about the parents being at blame...they should not be held accountable for all of his actions. However, as others in this forum have said, I wonder what they thought about him having all of the undies etc. Normally I would guess that he was very good about hiding them but my goodness...Victoria's Secret has nothing on this guy!

I am assuming here...and I know I should not...but a 30 year old guy that lives at home, doesn't have a job/job (did he? I don't recall hearing about one) usually has a mom that vacuums his room and hangs his clothes. Would nothing have been noticed at all?

I too saw the film clip of him entering one of many courthouses on Friday. What I saw was him smiling smugly at his parents, and them reaching out to him in the only way they could at this time. A very sad picture to be sure and my heart goes out to them.
But at the same time I am angered by him getting away with these acts and find it hard to believe that his parents saw no deviant behavior at all. Even if he did not have anything to do with Brooke's disappearance, he is someone who should be watched.

Luckily I have yet to be put in the position of choosing my love for my child vs. the ache that comes from their poor choices or behavior. Hopefully I never will be. I am in no position to judge them, but was wondering how much do they know and how are they accepting it. I have seen in the Korean culture that families do support each other without limit. They are very protective and proud. But. Once you have brought harm to the reputation of the family (especially the father) it is very difficult to make amends. Perhaps this family has lived stateside long enough to not be so strict on their thinking....I do not know...

As to my other question, do you remember about 3 or 4 years ago another gentleman stalking college campuses and stealing underwear? The reason I remember this is that a man fitting the same description was convicted for stealing at Western Oregon and I think Willamette in Salem, and my cousin was the Mayor of Monmouth (where Western is) at the time. I have tried to find info but cannot, and my cousin has been visiting with some friendly folks in Iraq for a while and I cannot reach him ;o)

Lynie