Airing Oct. 25, the episode ― titled “The 50 Billion Won Inheritance and The Heirs: The Death of a Nonagenarian Mother in Gangnam” ― digs into the case from multiple angles.
Identified by the pseudonym Yoon Myung-soon, the 94-year-old was an Ewha Womans University pharmacy graduate who built a fortune worth tens of billions of won alongside her husband, a former high-ranking government official. After he died, he reportedly left each of their three sons stakes in buildings and land valued in the tens of billions of won, while Yoon herself held five villa units and a multi-family home in Gangnam.
On April 8, the remarkably spry nonagenarian was found in critical condition at home. When the youngest son and his wife arrived around 10 a.m. to take her for a vaccination, they discovered Yoon unconscious on her bed ― with a large lump on her forehead and deep bruises on both arms.
Shockingly, the eldest and second sons were already inside the residence, according to the youngest couple. The home was in disarray, their mother had vomited and appeared unresponsive, yet the two brothers allegedly showed no intention of taking her to the hospital. Emergency services were called and she was transported, but she died around midnight that day.
The cause of death was a traumatic subdural hematoma. Investigators learned the two older brothers had visited the home around 8 p.m. the previous evening. The youngest son suspects his brothers assaulted their mother amid resentment over how her assets were being divided.
With an estate reportedly exceeding 10 billion won, Yoon had gifted part of her real estate to the youngest son’s family four years ago. The older brothers learned of the advance gift last year and confronted her; the youngest claims another dispute over that gift erupted the night before she was found.
The two elder brothers deny any assault, insisting they never caused their mother’s death. They say she had dementia, injured herself during an angry outburst and bruised easily due to medication.
What happened inside that home over those 14 hours? "Unanswered Questions" will follow the trail Saturday, Oct. 25 at 11:10 p.m. KST on SBS.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Sun-ae)