Police under fire after backtracking on suicide evidence in Jeju missing woman's death

Police investigating the death of Jang Mi-ran came under fire Monday after saying they could not determine how the 37-year-old died, despite having repeatedly suggested that forensic evidence indicated suicide by hanging. Jang’s body was discovered Aug. 24 at a palm tree farm in Hallim-eup, Jeju City, 104 days after she disappeared. Local police said at the time they believed she had hung herself based on the position of the body and had later claimed an autopsy supported that conclusion. But th