Former USFK soldier and convicted murderer Kenneth Markle who was just recently released from ROK prison, has apparently spoken out over at Lost Nomad proclaiming his innocence in the 1992 murder of Korean prostitute Kum E. Yoon. This murder is the most brutal as well as the most publicly known murder by a US servicemember in Korea and has long been used by anti-US groups to influence public opinion against USFK in Korea.
I can remember a few years back being in charge of a force protection detail at Camp Red Cloud when my soldiers working the front gate called me to come to the gate. I went to the gate and the typical anti-US loons were out there with signs with the murdered body of Ms. Yoon on it as well as the crushed bodies of the two girls killed in the 2002 armored vehicle accident. That was the first time I had ever seen pictures of the brutal murder, that even years after it happened are still sickenly used for political reasons.
Markle says he didn’t do it and we would be surprised if we read the court transcripts. Well then he should scan post them on a webpage and let us with interest in the case read them. He is the one convicted for the murder and thus the burden of proof is on him to prove he is innocent.
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8:46 am on January 30th, 2008 1
There is no doubt PVT MARKLE committed the crimes he was convicted of. I was in Korea during the incident. He is lucky to have been convicted in Korean court, because he would still be in jail if the Korean’s had not exercised the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
8:55 am on January 30th, 2008 2
I am not sure how anyone who was not physically at the crime scene can say there is “no doubt PVT MARKLE committed the crimes he was convicted of.” Before I cast my ballot on his guilt or innocence I would like to review the court documents and draw my own conclusions.
I tend to believe that he probably committed the crimes he was convicted of but again, I would like to hear his side of the story.
10:17 am on January 30th, 2008 3
I’m with Cray_Z on this one. Markle probably did commit the murder he was convicted of but I would love to see copies of the court transcripts to judge for myself that he did in fact commit the crime.
6:25 pm on May 11th, 2008 4
Well, I stupidly dated Markle while he was in prison and for a while when he got out! I actually went to korea and visited him in jail! Ya know, the prison guards that worked with him seemed to really like him, but im sure its because he would say the same tired story to them,”If you only read the transcripts!” Well, He used the same story on me and countless others, but yet i was actually with this man and yet, I never ever got to see the transcripts myself, hence why him and i are no longer together, not only fot that reason, but im going to get a little personal here, While he was with me, he wanted to see me stick the neck of a bottle inside myself, well needless to say I did not do it!
6:31 pm on May 11th, 2008 5
Continued…. He and I were splitsville after that one! Um and if you are familiar with the crime, then you will know that a bottle was one of the things used! So, if he really didnt do it, 1. He would have shown me the documents to prove he was innocent and 2. I dont think any man in his right mind that was proven guilty of a hanis crime like that and was innocent, would not want someone to “reinact” something that was done in the crime he was convicted of! Further more, the man is just not right in the head! And yes, neither was I at the time I was with him!
10:07 pm on May 11th, 2008 6
How did you meet this guy?
2:47 am on May 12th, 2008 7
There are times when getting information on the internet does not work. Someonewwhoknowa’s comment is one of them.
How can you tell if it is true or not?
You can’t.
If we can’t say with 100% certitude that Markle did what he was convicted of, which I agree - 100% conviction his conviction was right without having seen all the evidence is not possible, —– how can we put a value stamp on Someonewhoknowa’s comment?
Could be 100% true —– could be one of the K-blog commenters who likes to jerk people’s chains…..
???
Anyway — if I remember correctly from the few media documents that are available from that time period, Markle himself admitted to being on the scene when the horrible crime took place but said it was one of the other GIs he was with who actually killed and mutilated the body.
I vaguely remember reading a news article, I think, that said he claimed that the girl attacked them in anger, and he hit her with a bottle, but she was alive and well when he left the room with the other GIs remaining behind.
So, the only problem I’ve ever had with his conviction is that I would have personally wanted to see one or two more of the men on the scene go to jail as well.
Nothing I’ve heard made me feel Markle shouldn’t have been convicted.
8:27 am on May 12th, 2008 8
In this round of the Human Being Draft…..
We, the Americans, would like to give Someonwwhoknowa their free agency and release them from the American team.
9:14 am on May 12th, 2008 9
You can never be sure about what people post on the internet so take the comment with a grain of salt. However, the point about Markle never releasing his court transcripts is still valid.
Until he does I’m still nearly 100% sure he did commit the murder he was convicted of.
10:09 pm on May 12th, 2008 10
Listen, why the hell would i claim i was with this idiot if i wasnt, hello!! He now lives in his home town of Kyser WV. he works for his familys business, he has a gf named Victoria who has 3 kids whome she sees everyother weekend! and to answere questions on how i met him, his so called uncle snuck in a cell phone and a handheld computer so yes i met him on the internet and at first he never told me about who and where he was for the first 2 months of convorsating! then gave me the same sob story as he gave everyone else!! anyway, he is a sick man, and yes when he came home and was in my house, i never really felt 100% comfortable! Any other questions?
10:11 pm on May 12th, 2008 11
btw, i hid my umbrella’s and my glass bottles when he was around!!
10:36 pm on May 12th, 2008 12
Oh, and to get personal, He has a scar on his right buttock from an inncodent that happend from his childhood! And I think I still might have his Cell phone number if anyone would like to call and ask him any questions!
11:47 pm on May 12th, 2008 13
A pic would be good. Go ahead and post his number.
1:55 am on May 13th, 2008 14
Well, Im not going to post a pic on here because i for one do not have the ability to do that on this computer, and 2 every pic I have has me in it as well, so I would not post a pic of myself on here! And by the way you say “Go ahead and post his number.” makes me feel like i would get in trouble for doing so. Just know that I was in fact with this idiot, and it’s unfortunate that he can’t prove himself to be innocent! I do know the thing he kept saying over and over again, was that the DNA found on her body was not his blood type, that it was the other GI that was there match. Hmm, he didnt show me any profe of this and further more, if they got a positive DNA match of someone else, dont you think that the person who’s DNA it was would also be in prison for the crime? or was it because she was a prostitute and they couldnt tell if it was from that night or some other night, or if it was from the apartment where she lie dead, or was it from before she even made it to the apartment? These are things that he couldn’t answere for me.
2:02 am on May 13th, 2008 15
Oh, and Apple Pie, I didnt know that you speak for all the Americans!!! I think you should find something else to do! That comment you made reminds me of a certain someone who is in charge of this country and when he speaks he sounds like an idiot and so do you! Are you the one behind all of his speeches?
9:40 am on May 13th, 2008 16
I would appreciate if you would not post his number but like I said before who you are does not invalidate the point you made that Markle has not released any of the court transcripts that he claims shows he is innocent. Heck I would let him post all the transcripts here on the ROK Drop if he wanted so he wouldn’t have to buy his own web space.
If I went to jail for something I didn’t do and could prove it, I would have a whole webpage setup to convince people of my innocence. The fact that Markle hasn’t just gives more creditability to his murder conviction.
12:57 am on June 14th, 2008 17
Ha~ another one of his EX’s are on here….Hi~ im his EX too.Oh I have no clue if he did this crime or not but he told me the same thing he told her.He told me I could read the transcripts…The DNA thing….I would still like to read them myself. He says they are really thick.
12:57 pm on September 1st, 2008 18
i was kenneth’s roommate in korea durring the time of the incident, i left country a month later, can someone give me his number please….it’s ok to ask him i know he will remember me