Madam Susie Park recalls the day when news of a serial killer on the prowl sent chills down her spine.
At least five women, aged 19 to 71, had been raped, strangled to death with their own belongings such as stockings or scarves, and abandoned half naked with their hands tied behind their backs, in the paddy fields of Hwaseong, south-west of Seoul.
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