
On 11 September 2025, the online world was stunned when news broke that Yoon Ji-ah, a young actress and influencer with more than 300,000 followers, had been found dead. According to reports, her body was hidden in a suitcase in the mountains just 30 minutes after she signed off from her final livestream.
The brutal details that followed were signs of strangulation, bruising, and a suspect who posed as a benefactor have thrust her death into the centre of a wider conversation about the dark side of social media and influencer safety.