Mother Who Found Body of 3-Year-Old Girl in Gumi Calls Daughter, Saying "I'll Clean It Up"

On the 11th, the maternal grandmother, identified as the biological mother of a 3-year-old girl who died in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, is entering the Daegu District Court Gimcheon Branch for a detention warrant hearing.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] It has been revealed that the biological mother of a 3-year-old girl who was found dead and abandoned alone in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, attempted to move the body in a box one day before reporting it to the police but gave up.

According to the Gumi Police Station on the 18th, the biological mother, Ms. Seok (48), discovered the semi-mummified girl on the third floor of a villa where her eldest daughter, Ms. Kim (22), lived on the 9th of last month and then called Kim.

After informing Kim of the girl's death, Ms. Seok said she would clean up and reportedly received tacit consent from Kim.

Ms. Seok then obtained a box and tried to put the girl inside to move her somewhere, but was startled by the sound of the wind, returned, and left the body in its original place.

During the police investigation, Ms. Seok reportedly stated, "I was very startled by the sound of the wind while moving the body," and "I was scared, so I returned, took her out of the box, and left her in place."

The police acknowledged Ms. Seok's attempt to abandon the body and filed charges against her for attempted abduction of a minor and attempted abandonment of a corpse, then sent the case to the prosecution.

Meanwhile, to identify the biological father of the deceased girl, the police checked Ms. Seok's call records and tested the DNA of 10 to 20 men, including delivery drivers. However, the biological father has not yet been identified.

The Daegu District Prosecutors' Office Kimcheon Branch, which took over the case, summoned Ms. Seok for direct questioning, but she reportedly continues to insist that "she did not give birth to a child."

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