BTS Kidnapped!

BTS Kidnapped! Part Forty by Sandra & Kaelyn

(South Korea)

Over the next few days Inspector Kwon backed up to the beginning of the investigation, gathering all the evidence that had been collected and reviewing each piece one at a time to try and find anything anyone had missed. Starting from the kidnapping and moving forward the first piece of evidence he decided to scrutinize was the video that had been broadcast supposedly confirming the deaths of Bangtan Sonyeondan.

After watching it several times Inspector Kwon commissioned several copies which he sent to leading experts in the fields of movies, makeup, and autopsy, even slipping a copy to a contact he had that worked in shadier employment than most.

Waiting several days, he was more than disappointed when none of his contacts had been able to come to a unanimous agreement. Some had said that the boys were definitely dead while others had been convinced that the video was a farce.

Re-reading the initial interviews of the staff at BigHit Danny made several notes, remembering that he had meant to question the managers that had been with BTS that night, also making a note to question the staff at the studio. Yet another brick wall was met when he realized the only people who had been there were BTS and their two manager-nims. From what he could tell Bangtan Sonyeondan had been working on a completely self-produced album to release for their fans.

As Christmas quickly approached he felt an overwhelming pressure to find closure for the families, yet he knew he was no closer to the truth than when he had started several weeks before. Obstacle after obstacle kept presenting themselves and as he sat at his desk late one-night Inspector Kwon wondered if he would ever have the answers he so desperately needed. As he went about finding the BigHit staff he realized that as their jobs had ended, they had scattered to the wind. One of the manager-nims had moved to a different province to care for his aging parents and the other had since passed away from an apparent suicide which had been contributed to the loss of his job. Several of the stylists were now employed with other agencies or local salons but due to the hectic holiday and awards show season, none of them were available to come in for questioning until after the new year.

Going over the files of the stylists who worked closely with Bangtan Sonyeondan something caught Danny's eyes. One of the senior stylists had been having severe money problems right before the kidnapping, yet now the woman's debts were clear. She was now working in one of the high-end salons in Gangnam and had never been questioned. This was a big red flag in Danny's opinion and it frustrated him that he was finding so many open holes in this investigation.

Knowing that his superiors would reprimand him for what they saw as a waste of department resources, Danny had the woman brought in.

He now sat across from a woman who was clearly nervous.

"I am Inspector Danny Kwon and I have a few questions for you. I am sorry that we had to pull you away from your new job; but you were one of Bangtan Sonyeondan's senior stylists and, yet you were not questioned after the kidnapping."

Danny leaned back in his seat giving the woman a hard stare.

"I am curious as to why you think that might be?"

He was surprised that within a few seconds of the question the woman broke down into tears, crying and begging forgiveness from Bangtan Sonyeondan for her sin of betraying them.

In minutes Danny had a full statement on how she had been contacted secretly by an unknown person wanting detailed information on the schedule of the group. The woman insisted that she never saw anyone face to face; it was only through a phone that had been delivered to her apartment. This had excited Danny until she said that this person had ordered her to leave the phone in a certain spot near her apartment. She did say that she had been tempted to keep it but the day after the kidnapping she had received pictures of her only child at school and a warning.