A 71-year-old man who devoted a big a part of his life to looking for his lacking daughter has died, a civic group stated Wednesday.
Track Gil-yong, whose daughter, Track Hye-hee, went lacking in 1999, died Monday in a automobile accident, in accordance with the native group devoted to discovering lacking folks right here. The pinnacle of the group, Na Ju-bong, stated in a media interview that Track had been affected by deteriorating well being, even displaying indicators of dementia in recent times.
Na described Track as “a person who confirmed me what it actually means to like his baby.” He stated the deceased used to ask him to proceed looking for his daughter within the occasion that he himself had been to go away.
Track had been on a frantic seek for his daughter since she went lacking on Feb. 13, 1999 after getting off the bus close to her residence in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province at round 10:15 p.m. Police had initially thought the then-17-year-old had run away from residence and solely launched an investigation three days after the incident, a transfer that had sparked criticism of the police.
The bus driver had testified that there had been a suspicious man who additionally bought off similtaneously the lady. The suspect had been described to be in his 30s, sporting a hat that hid most of his face, smelling of alcohol and showing to not be from the realm.
Investigators failed to trace down the suspect regardless of a large-scale search that adopted, and the shortage of surveillance cameras within the bus made issues tough. Police advised the likelihood that the sufferer had voluntarily run away from residence however the household denied it, mentioning she had been a mannequin scholar with prime grades at college and with no feud together with her household.
The case was closed after the statute of limitations for potential punishment — which was on the time 15 years for homicide — expired in February 2014. The lady’s whereabouts stays a thriller to today.
Track Hye-hee was born on July 14, 1981, and could be 43 if she had been alive right now. She is 163 centimeters tall and is described as having a spherical face with comparatively darkish pores and skin.
Regardless of the police closing the case, Track relentlessly looked for his daughter, travelling throughout the nation to anybody who stated that they had seen Hye-hee. He hung up flyers and banners requesting data on his daughter all around the nation, which had price him his whole financial savings and left a considerable quantity of debt. On the time of loss of life, he had been subsisting on accumulating and promoting scrap supplies.
He additionally had refused to vary his cell phone quantity out of concern that his daughter may sometime name the quantity.
His spouse suffered from despair and alcoholism after their daughter went lacking, and took her personal life in 2006, whereas clutching flyers for the lady.
Track had stated in a previous interview that he gave up on killing himself after his spouse’s loss of life, saying he would dedicate his life to discovering their daughter.
