At first, this seemingly rates a titter and cluck, and that's it. But this sad story serves as a reminder that garden-variety creepiness often belies deeper creepiness.

Sung Koo Kim has been a busy guy. The 2001 Washington State University grad is alleged to have stolen some 3,400 pieces of women's underwear from six Oregon colleges.

According to the above-linked report in the University of Miami Hurricane Online:

(U-WIRE) PULLMAN, Wash.-Sung Koo Kim, the alleged Oregon underwear thief, is a Washington State University graduate. Kim graduated from WSU with a degree in Genetics and Cellular Biology in 2001, according to the Oregonian. The 30-year old Kim has been accused of stealing more than 3,400 pairs of women's underwear at Oregon colleges since 2001.

Police caught Kim in his Tigard, Ore., home with the stash of underwear in May 2004. He was charged with theft in Benton, Multnomah, Yamhill and Washington counties in Oregon. The underwear thefts were reported in at least six Oregon colleges, including Oregon State University, Linfield College, George Fox University, Concordia University and the University of Portland. The thefts were from laundry rooms in dormitories and apartment complexes.

Here's the kicker:

Kim is also faced with child pornography charges in Washington County. Officers inspecting his home computer found child pornography, in addition to over 40,000 pornographic images of women being tortured and mutilated, according to court documents.

Ugh. Retch.

The report concludes:

There were several reported cases of underwear theft during the time that Kim attended WSU, said Steve Hansen, chief of WSU Police Department. But those cases may not be significant to the Kim case. Kim is in custody in Oregon. The first trials will take place in Yamhill county, Sassaman said.

Let's hope justice is dispensed wisely (what exactly would that constitute, I wonder?) and that Mr. Kim is able to heal himself. You've got to wonder if there aren't some pretty strong elements of repressed sexuality at play here.

Like it or not, Kim may go down in history along with another bizarre interloper targeting college co-eds: the Illinois Enema Bandit.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at February 25, 2005 11:10 AM

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