Lee Ho-seong (baseball)
{{Short description|South Korean baseball player (1967–2008)}}
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|hanja= 李昊星
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Lee Ho-seong ({{ko-hhrm|이호성|李昊星}}; July 17, 1967 – March 10, 2008) was a South Korean baseball player and mass murderer. During his career he played for Haitai Tigers. He debuted in 1990 and stayed with the Tigers for his 12-year career until retiring in 2001. He batted .272 and had 102 home runs in his KBO career. Ho-seong was team captain in 1999 and 2000 and became president of the league's players union in 2001. In March 2008, he killed a woman and her children, and then himself. Police suspect the killings were motivated by debt.
Career
During his career he played for Haitai Tigers. He debuted in 1990 and stayed with the Tigers for his 12-year career until retiring in 2001. He batted .272 and had 102 home runs in his KBO career. Ho-seong was team captain in 1999 and 2000 and became president of the league's players union in 2001.{{Cite news |last=Myo-ja |first=Ser |date=2008-03-10 |title=Ex-baseball star named a suspect, then found dead |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2008/03/10/socialAffairs/Exbaseball-star-named-a-suspect-then-found-dead/2887267.html |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=Korea JoongAng Daily |language=en}}{{cite news |last=Jee-ho |first=Yoo |date=2008-03-11 |title=Murder suspect won 4 baseball titles |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2008/03/11/socialAffairs/Murder-suspect-won-4-baseball-titles/2887308.html |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=Korea JoongAng Daily |language=en}}{{cite news |last=재 |first=이헌 |date=2008-03-11 |title='실종 네 모녀' 숨진 채 발견… 수배자 前프로야구 선수 이호성 자살 |trans-title='Four, missing daughters and mother' found dead... Wanted former professional baseball player Lee Ho-seong commits suicide |url=https://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20080311/8553785/1 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=The Dong-A Ilbo |language=ko}}{{cite news |date=2004-12-27 |title='천하무적' 해태타이거즈 '올드보이'들의 현주소｜신동아 |url=https://shindonga.donga.com/sports/article/all/13/104074/1 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=The Dong-A Ilbo |language=ko}}{{cite news |date=2013-10-29 |title=:::::데일리뉴스::::: |url=http://www.idailynews.co.kr/news/9208 |access-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204737/http://www.idailynews.co.kr/news/9208 |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}{{cite news |date=2013-10-29 |title=막가파식 인생 이호성 네 모녀 살해사건 풀스토리재구성 - 라이프 - 스포츠서울닷컴 |url=http://news.sportsseoul.com/read/life/533505.htm?imgPath=life/social/2008/0320/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200335/http://news.sportsseoul.com/read/life/533505.htm?imgPath=life/social/2008/0320/ |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}
Death
Police found Lee's body in the Han River on March 10, 2008. One day later they found the bodies of a 46-year-old woman and her three children. Police suspected that Lee and the woman had been in a relationship. Lee had apparently borrowed the equivalent of $250,000. He was unable to pay the money back, and police speculated that this was the motive of the killings. Police said their details about the case were still sketchy because there was no suicide note, but Lee was seen on security video removing four large black duffel bags from the woman's apartment late one evening. He was also put at the scene by a witness who saw him in the parking lot about the time that the woman and her daughters went missing.{{cite news |last=Rahn |first=Kim |date=2008-03-11 |title='Debt Drove Murder of Family |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/09/113_20534.html |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=The Korea Times |language=en}}{{cite news |last=이데일리 |date=2024-03-10 |title=야구선수 이호성 '네 모녀 살인 사건'…투신이 남긴 의문들[그해 오늘] |url=https://m.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?newsId=01079126638822008&mediaCodeNo=257 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=이데일리 |language=ko}}{{cite news |date=2008-03-11 |title=Ex-Baseball Star Murder Mystery Baffles Nation |url=http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200803/200803110013.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516014222/http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200803/200803110013.html |archive-date=2008-05-16 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=The Chosun Ilbo |language=en}}{{cite news |date=2024-02-02 |title=이호성 사망 전 벌어진 일... SBS가 말하지 않은 사실 |url=https://star.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/OhmyStar/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002999458 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=오마이스타 |language=ko}}{{cite news |date=2024-02-02 |title=前 야구선수 이호성, 내연녀와 세 딸 살해이유...참담한 결말 |url=https://www.gukjenews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=2913747 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=국제뉴스 |language=ko}}
References
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Category:Haitai Tigers players
Category:Murder–suicides in South Korea
Category:South Korean baseball players
Category:South Korean mass murderers
Category:South Korean murderers of children
Category:Suicides by drowning in South Korea
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