K-Pop star Samuel’s father has been found dead in Mexico.
Jose Arredondo was found dead in the Mexican resort town of San Jose del Cabo on Tuesday after a suspected home invasion.
The 58-year-old was “beaten to death” according to state prosecutors and his body showed “signs of blunt force trauma”.
According to Tribunal de Los Cabos, the popular businessman was discovered “laying on the floor with several wounds caused by a knife in the back”.
Jose ran a car dealership in Bakersfield, California.
Police are investigating his death and the US State Department told Associated Press: “We are closely monitoring local authorities’ investigation into the cause of death.”
A suspect is yet to be identified.
Jose is the father of K-pop star Samuel, who is best known for being a member of the 2015 duo 1Punch, who debuted with their song Turn Me Back.
The duo disbanded in 2016 when rapper One was scouted by YG Entertainment, the company behind girl group Blackpink.
Meanwhile, Samuel, 17 – who goes by the name of Punch – is yet to speak out on the tragedy and his Instagram account has been disabled.
Samuel moved to Korea aged 11 with his Korean mum to begin rookie training.
He starred in a number of his dad’s car dealership ads before appearing on Seventeen TV with Pledis Entertainment.
He also appeared on the second series of reality show Produce 101 in 2017, but missed out on a spot in Wanna One, and went on to release his debut solo single Sixteen the same year.
