Teaser [EXCLUSIVE] Come Find Me (Case of Kim Gimin and Min Kyungmi)

2001年12月7日快到午夜时分，一辆当地出租车在大邱的北区巴士站路边停了下来。

It was nearing midnight on 12/07/2001 when a local taxi pulled up to the curb of the Bukbu bus terminal in Daegu.

司机结完账，两名年轻女孩便走下车，踏入了刺骨的冬夜。

The driver settled the bill with the passengers, and the two young girls stepped out into the freezing winter night.

一个是15岁的金吉敏，另一个是14岁的闵京美。

15 year old Kim Gimin and 14 year old Min Kyungmi.

这两个女孩是最好的朋友，几乎形影不离。

These girls were best friends, inseparable even.

她们都立志要靠时尚品味和模特天赋出名。

They were both on their way to becoming famous for their fashion sense and modeling skills.

在她们所在的社区里，人人都认识她们。

They were widely known in their community.

但这一晚，她们离该待的地方远得离谱。

But on this night, they were miles away from where they were supposed to be.

金吉敏一从出租车里出来，就掏出手机，关了机。

As Kim Gimin stepped out of the taxi, she took out her phone and powered it off.

她的手机再也没有连接过任何移动网络。

Her phone would never log onto a cell network again.

尽管她试图切断所有联系，但接下来会发生什么，其实显而易见。

Despite her efforts to go off the grid, it seemed obvious what their next moves would be.

这两个女孩当时在长途汽车站。

These girls were at a bus terminal.

很自然地，大家都会觉得她们是打算搭车去别处。

It's a logical conclusion that they were going to plan to travel somewhere.

但就在这里，这个案子的第一个异常出现了。

But this is where the first anomaly in this case began.

调查人员找到了所有在 Buk Bu 汽车站运营的司机，每个人都说了同样的话。

Investigators tracked down all of the bus drivers who operated the buses out of Buk Bu Bus Terminal, and they all said the same thing.

这个车站从来就没有夜间发车的班次。

There were no overnight buses running out of the terminal, ever.

整个车站晚上都是关闭的。

The entire building was closed at night.

大门肯定是锁着的，连外面的灯都没开。

The gates would have been locked, and even the outdoor lights weren't on.

那为什么两个十几岁的女孩会在半夜打车来这个公交站？

So why would two teenage girls call a taxi to take them to this bus terminal in the middle of the night?

当地警方没把这个疑问当回事，因为两个女孩都超过十四岁了。

The local police didn't treat this question with the urgency that it deserved because both girls were over the age of 14.

她们年龄太大，不算失踪儿童，直接被当成离家出走的孩子了。

They were too old to qualify as a missing child and they were now considered voluntary runaways.

警方在失踪案件最关键的黄金时间里，根本没启动搜寻程序。

The police wouldn't start the missing persons protocol during the most critical time of a missing person's case.

接下来的两周，女孩的父母整日忧心如焚。

For two weeks, the girl's parents were sickened with worry.

后来，吉敏的妈妈接到了一个未显示号码的电话。

Then Gimin's mother received a phone call from an unlisted number.

她一接起来，就听见女儿在哭喊：妈妈，救救我。

When she answered, she heard her daughter weeping and screaming, Mom, please save me.

救救我。

Save me.

我在釜山车站。

I'm at Busan Station.

但还没等她妈妈开口，电话就断了。

But before her mother could get a word out, the phone call was disconnected.

欢迎收听《韩国真实犯罪》，我是主持人米米·马齐科，今天这期是仅限 Patreon 订阅用户的特别节目。

Welcome to Korean True Crime with me, your host, Mimi Maziko, and welcome to a Patreon exclusive episode.

能为你们制作这期节目，我真的很兴奋。

I am so excited to be making this episode for you.

非常感谢所有支持这个节目的热心赞助者。

And thank you so much to my lovely and kind patrons who support the show.

我新上了周边商品，现在正穿着呢，不过你们也知道，我坐得太靠镜头了，你们根本看不清我穿的是什么。

I have new merch available that I'm wearing now, but, you know, I sit too close to the camera for you guys to actually see anything that I'm wearing.

我会在视频里放上商品图片，描述里也会附上购买链接。

I'll put pictures up in the video, and there will be links in the description as well to the new merch.

这套新周边是一位我找到的韩国艺术家设计的，我很喜欢他的风格，欢迎大家去我的Fourth Wall商店购买周边，支持一下我们。

The new merch was created by a Korean artist that I found and really enjoyed their art, so please show us some love by buying our merch on my fourth wall shop.

如果你们想了解下这个设计的由来，我们有个小幽灵女孩，叫A。

If you wanna know a little bit more about the design, we have a little ghost girl called a.

她是个典型的韩国幽灵女孩形象。

This is a Korean ghost girl.

她的形象出现在所有周边商品上。

She's on all of the merch.

如果你只是在听音频，我会在Patreon和Discord的描述里放上链接。

If you're only listening to audio, I will put links in the description on Patreon and in Discord.

你们真的太棒了，再次衷心感谢大家支持这个节目，希望你们会喜欢这期独家内容。

You all are so amazing, so thank you so much again for supporting the show, and I really hope you like this exclusive episode.

提醒一下。

Warning.

今天的节目讲述的是一起未成年人失踪的未解案件。

Today's episode is an unsolved case involving the disappearance of minors.

我们今天要讨论的是儿童绑架、性贩卖、人口贩卖以及对未成年人的性剥削。

We will be discussing child abduction, sex trafficking, human trafficking, and the sexual exploitation of minors.

请听众自行判断是否继续收听。

Listener discretion is advised.

闵京美失踪时年仅14岁。

Min Kyungmi was 14 years old at the time of her disappearance.

她是个活泼开朗、情感外露的初中生，大家都叫她‘Ojang’。

She was an energetic, highly expressive middle school student who was known as an Ojang.

吉敏当时15岁。

Gimin was 15.

她也想进入Ojang模特圈，而且身材条件也完全够格。

She also wanted to be in the world of Ojang modeling, and she had the height for it too.

她身高173厘米，15岁的时候已经相当于五英尺八英寸了。

She was a hundred and seventy three centimeters tall, which is five eight at 15 years old.

如果真像我们接下来要讲的那样，这两个女孩是被贩子拐走的，别担心。

If it is true that the girls were abducted by traffickers, which we will get into, don't worry.

朋友们说她们要去见的那个‘欧巴’，根本不是男朋友或朋友，而是一个与性贩卖团伙有关的招募者。

The oppa that their friends said they were going to meet was not a boyfriend or a friend, but a recruiter connected to a sex trafficking syndicate.

2001年12月7日，星期五，下午四点她们失踪的前一天。

Friday, 12/07/2001, the day before they went missing at 4PM.

两个女孩的朋友叫 Sang Hyun，在大邱西区市场对面的一家咖啡馆见到了 Kyungmi 和 Gimin。

A friend of the girls named Sang Hyun met up with Kyungmi and Gimin at a cafe across the street from Seogu Market in Daegu.

那天下午三点刚过，Gimin 就离开了家，告诉父母说要去和 Kyungmi 一起玩。

Gimin had left her home a little after 3PM that day and had told her parents she was going to hang out with Kyungmi.

见面后，他立刻察觉到她们全程都显得非常紧张、坐立不安。

When they arrived to hang out, he immediately noticed they seemed very anxious and on edge the entire time.

女孩们说她们只能待一会儿，一直在不停地看时间。

The girls said that they could only stay for a short while and were constantly checking the time.

到了12月8日早上，Gimin 的父母才发现她还没回家。

By the time the morning came around on December 8, Gimin's parents realized she was not home.

她妈妈发了短信，打了无数个电话，但手机已经关机了。

Her mom sent her texts, called her repeatedly, but her phone had already been powered off.

警察向父母解释了失踪儿童和自愿离家出走之间的区别。

The officers explained to the parents that there is a difference between a missing child and a voluntary runaway.

当时，区分这两者的标准是14岁。

At the time, the distinction between the two was the age 14.

光是怀疑孩子有危险是不够的。

It wasn't enough to just suspect the child was in danger.

在两个女孩失踪后的第十五天，吉敏的母亲接到了一通电话。

Gimin's mother received a phone call about that fifteen day period after the girls disappeared.

她一接起来，就听见女儿在电话那头哭喊着求救。

And when she answered, she heard her daughter's voice crying and screaming into the phone.

妈妈，救救我。

Mom, please save me.

救救我。

Save me.

我现在在釜山车站。

I'm at Busan Station right now.

경미의 Say 클럽 계정은 여전히 활성 상태로 표시됐어요.

Kyungmi's say club account would show as active.

새로운 개인 메시지가 하나 도착했어요.

There was one new private message sent.

그 메시지는 학교에서 친한 친구에게 보내졌죠.

The message was sent to one of her close friends from school.

메시지 내용은 ‘무서워요’였어요.

The message read, I'm scared.

저를 찾아와줘.

Come find me.

그래서 긴민과 경미 같은 아이들에 대해 이야기할 때, 저는 절대 왜 그들이 더 잘 알지 못했냐고 묻지 않아요.

So when we talk about girls like Gimin and Kyungmi, I will never ask why they didn't know better.

그들은 아이들이었죠.

They were children.

더 중요한 질문은, 왜 경찰이 그들을 보호할 만큼 위험을 빨리 인지하지 못했냐는 거예요.

The better question is why did law enforcement not understand the danger quickly enough to protect them?

照顾我们社区里的孩子，是每个人的责任。

It is the responsibility of everyone to take care of the children in our community.

下次见。

See you next time.