Pawn shop owner found dead beside highway with stab wounds

Police are investigating the death of a woman in her 50s who was stabbed inside a car in Bonghwa County, North Gyeongsang.

The Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency said Wednesday that they'd discovered the woman dead inside the vehicle, which was parked along a highway with its hazard lights on, on Sunday. She had multiple stab wounds.

Investigators said the woman had been running a pawn shop near a casino in Jeongseon County, Gangwon.

Authorities are currently questioning people close to the woman to determine the circumstances surrounding her death.

Translated from the JoongAng Ilbo using generative AI and edited by Korea JoongAng Daily staff.

BY KIM JI-HYE [paik.jihwan@joongang.co.kr]