Police lost critical evidence in 2025 motel murder case

South Korean police officers lost what would have been key evidence for an investigation into a 2025 murder case, local media outlets reported Thursday. Officials at Masan Dongbu Police Station reportedly failed to procure the clothes worn by two middle school students who were killed on Dec. 3, 2025, at a motel in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. The officers did not seize the evidence or return the items to the bereaved families; the clothes were discarded by cleaning staff at a local hosp