Thursday, April 18, 2013
A Prince William County Circuit Court jury found Ho Young Jun not guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Kwang Sup Hur.
A Prince William County Circuit Court jury has ruled that a man accused of killing his uncle for a $1 million life insurance policy is not guilty of the crime. After a three day trial, the jury of five women and seven men found late Wednesday that Ho Young Jun, 28, was not guilty on the charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Ho Young Jun's father, Jung Min Jun, pleaded guilty in November to the 2011 murder of Kwang Sup Hur, at Hur's residence in the River Run Senior Apartments in Dale City. Ho Young Jun's mother, Jung Ok Jun, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice last year. Prosecutors accused Ho Young Jun of being an accomplice in order to benefit from the insurance policy on Hur's life—which Ho Young Jun owned. "It was …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Jung Min Jun, who has pleaded guilty to the murder of a Dale City man, testified in Prince William County Circuit Court on Tuesday that his son wasn't involved in the crime.
UPDATED: Not guilty verdict in murder trial Convicted killer Jung Min Jun testified in Prince William County Circuit Court on Tuesday that he killed a relative out of rage over family issues, not a desire to collect on a $1 million insurance policy—and that his son, who is on trial for murder, had nothing to do with the crime. Prosecutors allege that the son, Ho Young Jun, conspired with his father to bring about the 2011 death of their relative, Kwang Sup Hur, in Dale City. During his testimony Tuesday, Jung Min Jun said that the murder was the result of years of family rancor, not greed. "It was just an accident that happened out of a fit," Jung Min Jun testified through an interpreter, recalling how he strangled the 5'4", 105 pound …
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Prosecutors say a father and son killed an elderly relative for a $1 million insurance policy. This week the son faces a jury trial, months after the father's guilty plea.
UPDATED: Not guilty verdict in murder trial A few years after he moved to the United States from Korea, Ho Young Jun moved in with his elderly uncle, who taught the teenager how to fish, drive a car and open a bank account. Now prosecutors allege that, as an adult, the young man conspired with his father to murder his uncle, Kwang Sup Hur, of Dale City, in order to cash in on a $1 million insurance policy. His trial on charges of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder opened Monday. "Sometimes when morality and decency butt up against greed, greed wins. And on September 1, 2011, greed won," Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney James Willett said, during opening arguments. Murder for money? Ho Young Jun's father, Jung Min Jun, …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Jung Min Jun, of Fresh Meadows, N.Y. pleaded guilty in November in Prince William County Circuit Court to murdering his brother-in-law.
A New York man will face sentencing at 2 p.m. Friday in Prince William County Circuit Court in the 2011 murder of Kwang Sup Hur, of Dale City. Jung Min Jun, 59, of Fresh Meadows, N.Y. pleaded guilty in November to mudering his elderly brother-in-law in an attempt to collect on a $1 million insurance policy that would have been paid out to his son. "Yes, I'm guilty," Jun told the judge, through an interpreter at a court appearance last year. The case shocked the residents of the River Run Senior Apartments in September 2011, when Hur's wife found him dead in their home. Court records show that Ho Young Jun—the son of Jung Min Jun and Jung Ok Jun—had obtained a $1 million life insurance policy on Hur a few years back. The three Juns …
Jung Min Jun, of Fresh Meadows, N.Y. pleaded guilty in November in Prince William County Circuit Court to murdering his brother-in-law.
A New York man will face sentencing at 2 p.m. Friday in Prince William County Circuit Court in the 2011 murder of Kwang Sup Hur, of Dale City. Jung Min Jun, 59, of Fresh Meadows, N.Y. pleaded guilty in November to mudering his elderly brother-in-law in an attempt to collect on a $1 million insurance policy that would have been paid out to his son. "Yes, I'm guilty," Jun told the judge, through an interpreter at a court appearance last year. The case shocked the residents of the River Run Senior Apartments in September 2011, when Hur's wife found him dead in their home. Court records show that Ho Young Jun—the son of Jung Min Jun and Jung Ok Jun—had obtained a $1 million life insurance policy on Hur a few years back. The three Juns …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Jung Min Jun, of Fresh Meadows, N.Y. pleaded guilty Tuesday in Prince William County Circuit Court to murdering his brother-in-law.
A New York man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murdering his elderly brother-in-law in an attempt to collect on a $1 million insurance policy that would have been paid out to his son. Jung Min Jun, 59, a Korean citizen and former resident of Fresh Meadows, N.Y., pleaded guilty Tuesday in Prince William County Circuit Court to the 2011 murder of Kwang Sup Hur, of Dale City. He will be sentenced for the crime on Feb. 15. "Yes, I'm guilty," Jun told the judge, through an interpreter. The case shocked the residents of the River Run Senior Apartments in September 2011, when Hur's wife found him dead in their home. Court records show that Ho Young Jun—the son of Jung Min Jun and Jung Ok Jun—had obtained a $1 million life insurance policy on Hur a …
