"Mother Who Killed Newborn by Throwing Out the Window Because She Didn't Want to Break Up with Her Lover"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-eun] It has been confirmed that one of the motives behind the crime committed by a woman in her 20s, who threw her newborn baby out of the window in a villa complex in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province last January, resulting in the infant's death, was "to maintain her relationship with her boyfriend."

At 10:30 a.m. on the 17th, the first trial for A (29), who was arrested and indicted on charges of infanticide, was held under the presiding of Judge Kwon Ki-baek of the Criminal Division 6 at the Uijeongbu District Court Goyang Branch. On January 16th at around 6 a.m., A went to the bathroom and suddenly experienced labor pains, giving birth on the toilet. However, unable to raise the child and wanting to keep the birth a secret from her parents and boyfriend, she threw the newborn out of the bathroom window.

At that time, a resident discovered the naked newborn with the umbilical cord still attached, dead, and reported it to the police. According to the autopsy by the National Forensic Service, the cause of death was confirmed as skull fracture and multiple injuries throughout the body.

According to the prosecution, A found out she was pregnant in July last year while dating her boyfriend B (24), but she hid her pregnancy without receiving any obstetric treatment, thinking that having a child out of wedlock would be a burden to her parents.

In particular, she did not tell her boyfriend about the pregnancy, fearing that he, who was not financially prepared, would break off the relationship if he found out.

Meanwhile, in the police investigation last January, A admitted to throwing the baby out of the window but claimed that the baby was already stillborn at the time of birth and denied the charge of infanticide until the end. However, at the trial on the 17th, she admitted all the facts of the indictment presented by the prosecution.

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