Unmarried 20s Mother Booked for Indiscriminately Beating Her 7-Month-Old Son

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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Yeon-ju] A 20-year-old unmarried mother who fatally beat her 7-month-old son was found to have continued abusing him from the moment she took him back after leaving him in a facility last year due to difficulties in childcare.

On the 24th, the Women and Youth Investigation Division of the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency announced that they had applied for an arrest warrant for unmarried mother A (20), who was urgently arrested on charges of child abuse resulting in death under the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes.

A is accused of beating and scratching her 7-month-old son B all over his body at a one-room motel in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, from the end of January this year until the 22nd of this month, causing his death.

It is known that A called 119 after B stopped breathing on the 22nd.

B was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by the 119 paramedics and transported to a nearby hospital but ultimately passed away.

Earlier, A gave birth to B in July last year and is understood to have entrusted him to a church in Seoul that provided foster care in early August of the same year.

After bringing B from the church to the one-room motel in Incheon at the end of January this year, she reportedly violently assaulted him by hitting his entire body with her hands and other tools.

During the police investigation, A admitted to assaulting her son.

The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the incident.

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