Uncovering the Mystery of Missing and Deceased Jang Mi-ran.. Mother: "Found in a sitting position... It's unbelievable" [Curious Story Y]

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SBS’s 'Curious Story Y' will investigate the case of Jang Mi-ran, who was found dead three months after going missing in Jeju.

SBS announced on the 28th that the upcoming episode of 'Curious Story Y', titled 'Jeju Jang Mi-ran Missing Case – Tracing the Truth of That Day with Her Family', is scheduled to air.

Previously, Jang Mi-ran disappeared after leaving a lodging house in Hanlim-eup, Jeju, where she had been staying long-term with her boyfriend around May 12. Two days after she went missing, her boyfriend filed a missing person report, but it was later revealed that the handling police officer falsely closed the case.

Jang’s family refiled the report on the 19th of last month, and police who launched a large-scale search later found Jang’s body in a palm grove in Hanlim-eup, Jeju, on the 24th.

The following is the full preview of 'Curious Story Y' as reported by SBS

A place rarely visited even by local residents, palm branches that break at the slightest touch, and the unnatural posture of a body sitting down. On the 24th, Jang Mi-ran’s final appearance, found under a palm tree at the village entrance three months after she went missing, was full of questions. Even more strange was the location of discovery—it was only a five-minute walk from the lodging where Mi-ran had been staying. Why did it take as long as 104 days to find her in such a nearby place?

"You said she was found sitting down? That’s unbelievable. It must have been moved there from somewhere else." – Jang Mi-ran’s mother

Last May, Min-gi (pseudonym), Jang Mi-ran’s boyfriend of 10 years who had lived in Jeju with her, filed a missing person report with the police shortly after she disappeared. But his anxious wait was cut short; just two and a half hours after filing the report, he received an unexpected message from the handling officer.

The investigating officer, Officer Bu, claimed to have spoken directly with Mi-ran and conveyed that she was safe and asked them not to search for her. The family believed this and waited for two months, but the truth that later emerged was shocking: there was no record of Officer Bu ever having contacted Mi-ran. So on the day of the report, what evidence did Officer Bu use to falsely close the missing person case?

"Back in school, he was really kind and a good student. Everyone is truly puzzled why someone with a wife and children would do such a thing." – Officer Bu’s middle school classmate

However, Jang Mi-ran was not the only missing person whose case was falsely closed by Officer Bu. Shortly after Mi-ran’s case became known, another 60-year-old man who refiled his report was also found as a skeletonized body; this case too had been falsely closed by Officer Bu himself.

A series of suspicions emerging around a single police officer. Officer Bu, who had dreamed of becoming a policeman since his school days, why did he lie about confirming the safety of missing persons and rush to close their cases? And during the 104th days lost due to the police’s lies, what exactly happened to Mi-ran?

Mi-ran’s parents and older brother, who had never appeared before the media until now, opened up on 'Curious Story Y' about losing a daughter and younger sister. Following family memories and testimonies, retracing Mi-ran’s final movements, and investigating the lingering questions behind Officer Bu’s false case closures, 'Curious Story Y' will air at 8:50 p.m. on the 28th.

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