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Seoul Jungbu police on Thursday asked for an arrest warrant for a man identified a Lee for sexually assaulting and robbing his next-door neighbor. Lee allegedly took a key the victim had inadvertently left in her front door at the beginning of the month, and April 7 at around 2 a.m. let himself in to rape the woman and steal valuables from her home. The victim was able to get a look at the man¡¯s face, but she failed to identify him as the neighbor whom she had seen only once.
However, Lee was apparently so enamored of his victim that he started leaving text messages on her phone. ¡°You are like an angel,¡± one read. ¡°Tonight I just want to sleep beside you, then I¡¯ll go,¡± read another. The third was a dead giveaway: ¡°Leave me a message in the apartment mailbox.¡±
Police reviewed security camera footage but were unable to find any unfamiliar faces coming or going at the apartment. To catch the rapist, they left a note in the mailbox that read, ¡°Come and play.¡± Lee promptly went back to the scene of his crime at 11:40 p.m. the following Saturday to find a female detective waiting to take him into custody.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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