Empty House Mystery... '3-Year-Old Found as Mummy' Crime Scene... Did the Biological Mother Look Inside?

On the 10th, a 3-year-old girl was found dead in a villa in Gumi City. Related to this case, on the 12th, the child's biological mother appeared for a detention warrant hearing at the Daegu District Court Gimcheon Branch in Gimcheon City, Gyeongbuk Province. After the hearing, the court detained the child's biological mother on suspicion of murder, citing "risk of flight." Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-eun] A 3-year-old child found dead in an empty house in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, was confirmed to have been alive when abandoned at home, raising suspicions that someone might have visited the house before the body was discovered.

According to JTBC on the 16th, the electricity bill for the villa in Gumi where the child's body was found showed a considerable amount of electricity usage even after the child's biological mother, Ms. A, abandoned the child and moved out in August of last year.

As a result, some suspect that the mother may have continued to commit a form of crime by checking on the child after leaving the child behind.

Based on the circumstances revealed so far about the mother and the neglected child, it is known that the child did not attend daycare, and neighbors did not see the child. It was also found that the child rarely went outside. The police are conducting a detailed analysis of Ms. A’s mobile phone text messages and photos to determine whether the child was abused before death.

Earlier, on the 10th, a 3-year-old girl was found dead in a villa in Sangmo Sagok-dong, Gumi. At the time of discovery, the body was so decomposed that it was difficult to recognize the shape, and some parts had turned into a mummy state.

Ms. A, who was pregnant with another child when she left the child at home, reportedly abandoned the 3-year-old child in the villa and moved out in August of last year, just before giving birth. The deceased child had been left in the empty house for six months, and the body was discovered by the child’s maternal grandfather living downstairs. The grandparents testified to the police that they were unaware the child had been left in the empty house.

Ms. A abandoned the child, who was her ex-husband’s, saying she "did not want to see" the child, and after the child’s death, she collected child-rearing allowances and child benefits. It was also found that Ms. A gave birth to another child just a few days after leaving the house.

Meanwhile, Gumi City announced plans to reclaim the child-rearing and child benefits that Ms. A received on behalf of the deceased child. The city stated, "We will review the court results and calculate the time of death to proceed with the recovery."

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