3-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in Officetel, Biological Mother Left Her Unattended for 3 Years After Murder

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] A 3-year-old girl found dead on the 10th at an officetel in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province(Refer to Asia Economy August 10th article '[Exclusive] Missing 3-year-old child found dead in officetel... Biological mother’s extreme attempt') was confirmed to have been killed by her biological mother just one month after birth and left unattended in the officetel until discovery.

The Suwon Southern Police Station in Gyeonggi announced on the 12th that they plan to request an arrest warrant for B, a woman in her 40s and the biological mother of A (3), who has been booked on charges of murder and concealment of a corpse.

B is suspected of killing A, who was born in 2017 and only one month old, wrapping the body in plastic, and leaving it in the boiler room of her residence, an officetel in Suwon, for over three years. Investigations revealed that B committed the crime by putting sleeping pills into the formula milk fed to her daughter.

While tracking the whereabouts of A and her guardian due to missing status, the police found A deceased at an officetel in Suwon on the 10th. When police arrived at the scene, B had already lost consciousness after ingesting drugs. A suicide note expressing despair was also found at the scene.

B was immediately transported to the hospital and, as her condition was not critical, she completed treatment the previous afternoon and then underwent police interrogation, during which she confessed to the crime.

During the police investigation, B stated, "I was unable to raise the child alone without a husband and intended to put her up for adoption, but since even that was difficult, I committed the crime."

Initially, the investigation to locate A was being conducted by the Jongam Police Station in Seoul. The police had been investigating since last month after receiving a report from the local community center that A’s whereabouts and safety were unconfirmed.

The local community center found it suspicious that there were no infant medical records or childcare subsidy payment history for A, whose birth had been registered, and requested the police to locate her. Although B’s actual residence was in Suwon, her registered address was in Seoul.

The police plan to apply for an arrest warrant for B within the day.

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