Active for 2 years
(2003-2004) in South Korea

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13. 10 Books Written About Yoo Young-chul
14. 4 External References
15. Internal References

Yoo Young-chul a South Korean serial killer and self-confessed cannibal known as the Raincoat Killer. Yoo used a hammer to murder mostly older victims, until his focus shifted to the decapitation and mutilation of escorts after being dumped by a girlfriend who worked in that profession. He burned three and mutilated at least eleven of his victims. Yoo admitted he had eaten the livers of some of his victims. He was arrested in 2004 and confessed to murdering a total of twenty-one victims. Yoo Young-chul was sentenced to death in 2005 and is currently awaiting execution.

Profile Completeness: 70%

Books that Mention Yoo Young-chul

Kevin Smith

Serial Killer Rapists

RJ Parker

Serial Killers Encyclopedia

Ronald M. Holmes

Serial Murder

Nicki Peter Petrikow...

Cannibal Serial Killers

David T Johnson

The Next Frontier

James Gilks

SERIAL KILLER MAGAZINE ISSUE 14

Paul Weightman

The Glencaple Murder's

Sangmin Bae

When the State No Longer Kills

10 Books that mention Serial Killer
Yoo Young-chul

ISBN10	Book Title	Author	Killers Mentioned	Killers
1733630619	Serial Killer Rapists	Kevin Smith	266 Total Including Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour	266
1494772167	Serial Killers Encycloped...	RJ Parker	34 Total Including Pedro Rodrigues Filho	34
1412974429	Serial Murder	Ronald M. Holmes	26 Total Including Ronald Dominique	26
0766072827	Cannibal Serial Killers	Nicki Peter Petrikow...	5 Total Including Leonarda Cianciulli	5
0199714029	The Next Frontier	David T Johnson	Yoo Young-chul	1
1312197943	SERIAL KILLER MAGAZINE IS...	James Gilks	7 Total Including Serhiy Tkach	7
1291006168	The Glencaple Murder's	Paul Weightman	61 Total Including Serhiy Tkach	61
0791479471	When the State No Longer...	Sangmin Bae	Yoo Young-chul	1
0754674134	Against the Death Penalty	Jon Yorke	Yoo Young-chul	1
019988756x	The Next Frontier: Nation...	David T Johnson	Yoo Young-chul	1

Yoo Young-chul (born April 18, 1970) is a South Korean serial killer and self-confessed cannibal. Although he admitted to murdering 21 people, mostly prostitutes and wealthy old men, the Seoul Central District Court convicted him of 20 murders (one case was dismissed on a technicality). Yoo burned three and mutilated at least 11 of his victims, admitting he ate the livers of some of them.

External References

1. Yoo Young-chul on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 16, 2018.
2. Juan Ignacio Blanco, Yoo YOUNG-CHUL on murderpedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 16, 2018.
3. 유영철 on ko.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 16, 2018.
4. Q483939 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on Oct 9, 2018.

Internal References

Yoo Young-chul is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

1. #1 of 3[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killers active in South Korea
2. #4 of 38[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killers with birthdays in April
3. #5 of 43[ Page 1 ] of Serial Killer Cannibals sorted by Confirmed Victims
4. #5 of 42[ Page 1 ] of Aries Serial Killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
5. #27 of 307[ Page 2 ] of Serial Killer Rapist sorted by Confirmed Victims
6. #50 of 651[ Page 4 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
7. #317 of 651[ Page 22 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness
8. #526 of 651[ Page 36 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active
9. #646 of 651[ Page 44 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers

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Serial Killers Statistics, charts Yoo Young-chul is included in: Active Serial Killers by Country, Serial Killers By Gender, Age of Serial Killer by Date, Killers By Astrological Sign, Killers By Birth Month, Sexual Preference, Active Serial Killers by Year and Statistical Boolean Questions.

Years Active:

• 2003
• 2004