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On the morning of the 11th, the maternal grandmother, identified as the biological mother of a 3-year-old girl who was found dead in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, entered the Daegu District Court Gimcheon Branch to attend a pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant hearing).
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[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] It was confirmed on the 18th that Seok Mo (48), the biological mother of a 3-year-old girl who was left unattended and died in a villa in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, stopped moving the body after placing it in a box the day before reporting to the police.

Seok still insists that the deceased girl is not her daughter, but separate from this, she showed a calm demeanor even after seeing the body, raising suspicions that she might have been aware in advance of the circumstances that led to the girl's death and was preparing for the crime.

In particular, there are suspicions of conspiracy in a planned mother-daughter crime, as Seok reportedly told her eldest daughter Kim Mo (22), who discovered the body, about the situation. However, the whereabouts of Seok’s common-law partner and the biological father of the deceased girl have not yet been revealed, and Seok continues to deny giving birth, so the case has not been easily resolved.

According to the police on the 18th, after Kim found the half-mummified body of the child on the third floor of the villa where she lived on the 9th of last month, Seok called Kim and said she would take care of the deceased child. It is suspected that the mother and daughter had prior knowledge that the girl could die and prepared for the crime by effectively obtaining Kim’s consent.

Meanwhile, Seok reportedly got a box, placed the girl inside, and started moving her somewhere but was startled by the sound of the wind and returned, leaving the girl in her original state. Seok then told her husband about this the next day, and he reported it to the police.

Kim, the eldest daughter of Mr. Seok, is coming out after the detention warrant hearing at the Gimcheon Branch of Daegu District Court in Gimcheon-si, Gyeongbuk, on the 12th of last month. / Yonhap News

Currently, the police are investigating the DNA of men who had contact with Seok and delivery drivers to find the biological father of the deceased 3-year-old girl. Since Seok still strongly denies giving birth, the existence of the biological father could be a key to solving the case.

The police checked Seok’s call records from three years ago when the child was born and tested the DNA of 10 to 20 men, including delivery drivers, but the biological father has not been identified so far.

The Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office Gimcheon Branch, which took over the case, summoned Seok for direct questioning, but she maintained her claim that she did not give birth.

Earlier, when Seok was transferred to the prosecution on the 17th, she appealed to the press, saying, "This is the National Forensic Service, trusted and believed by everyone, so when I say this is not true, I hope you believe my sincerity."

When reporters asked what she felt was unfair, she said, "I really never gave birth," and when asked if she had done anything wrong, she replied, "Absolutely not," continuing to deny her childbirth.

Meanwhile, on the same day (the 17th), the police sent Seok to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment on charges including attempted abduction of a minor and attempted disposal of a corpse. The attempted abduction charge relates to the missing child of her eldest daughter, and the attempted disposal of a corpse charge relates to the deceased girl.

Seok had earlier discovered the girl’s body in a house where her eldest daughter lived on the 9th of last month. However, she did not immediately report it to the police and instead informed her husband the next day, after which they went together to confirm the body and then reported it.

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