20s Biological Mother Who Abandoned Infant in Baby Box at Midnight Causing Death, Arrest Warrant Issued

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] The Gwanak Police Station in Seoul announced on the 6th that it has requested an arrest warrant for Kim Mo, a woman in her 20s and the biological mother, on charges of abandoning a newborn baby in front of a baby box, resulting in the infant's death (infant abandonment causing death).

Kim's pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant hearing) is scheduled to be held at 3 p.m. on the same day at the Seoul Central District Court.

According to the police, Kim is accused of leaving the infant on a drum barrel opposite the baby box at Jusarang Community Church in Gwanak-gu at around 10:10 p.m. on the 2nd, causing the infant's death.

The infant was found dead at around 5:30 a.m. on the 3rd.

The church stated that due to rain at night and the low resolution of the closed-circuit television (CCTV), they failed to notice the baby on the drum barrel.

The police secured nearby CCTV footage and arrested Kim the following day.

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