"Didn’t Recognize 100-Day-Old Baby?" Seokmo’s Husband Denies Wife’s 'Baby Swap' Allegation

Mr. Seokmo's husband Mr. A denies 'baby swapping' allegations
"There is no way not to tell the difference between a 100-day-old baby and a newborn"
Mr. Seokmo was sent to prosecution on the 17th for charges including kidnapping a minor

Mr. A, the husband of Seokmo (48), claimed in 2018 that his wife was neither pregnant nor had given birth. / Photo by SBS Broadcasting Capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Ju-hyung] The husband of Seok (48), the biological mother of a 3-year-old girl found dead in a vacant house in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, has denied his wife's so-called 'baby swapping suspicion.' Mr. A, Seok's husband, claimed that there is about a three-month difference in the birth dates of the girl born to his wife and the swapped girl, arguing that neither the medical staff nor himself could have failed to notice such a difference.

According to the 'JoongAng Ilbo' on the 28th, Mr. A said in an interview with the media, "According to the police's claim, my wife swapped a 100-day-old baby with a newborn (granddaughter) just born," and lamented, "My family and the medical staff are not fools; how could they not notice the difference?"

Mr. A showed the police photos of his wife taken around 2018, when she is presumed to have given birth, but claimed that the police did not believe him.

Regarding this, he explained, "At first, the police said she gave birth around the same time as my daughter (March 2018). So I showed the police photos of my wife taken in July 2017 and February 2018 and explained that 'her belly was not showing.' In February, she should have been full-term. Then the police said, 'She must have already given birth by then,' and estimated that she gave birth in January." In other words, there is about a three-month difference between Seok's childbirth date and that of her eldest daughter, Kim (22).

Mr. A emphasized, "There is a three-month difference in the birth dates. Even if my wife really succeeded in swapping the babies, no one?doctors, nurses, or son-in-law?could have failed to notice the difference between a newborn who cannot even open their eyes and a 100-day-old baby."

Mr. Seok is entering the court on the morning of the 11th to attend the detention warrant hearing at the Gimcheon branch of Daegu District Court. / Photo by Yonhap News

The Gumi Police Department, currently investigating the case, detected on the 26th circumstances suggesting that the deceased girl, Seok's biological daughter, was swapped with Kim's biological daughter at an obstetrics clinic in Gumi. According to the police, the two babies may have been switched before the newborn blood test.

The police inferred this from the babies' blood types. The obstetrics clinic records showed Kim's child's blood type, which, considering the blood types of Kim and her ex-husband, was impossible. In other words, Seok may have secretly brought her own baby to the clinic before the blood type test was conducted.

Additionally, the police stated that they received notification from the National Forensic Service (NFS) through DNA testing and blood type analysis that the baby is not the child of Kim and her husband. The NFS reported that the DNA and blood type test results of the deceased girl and Kim's couple were "inconsistent."

Compiling this information, it is highly likely that Seok swapped her child with Kim's child at this obstetrics clinic.

Meanwhile, the police previously sent Seok to the prosecution on the 17th with charges including attempted abduction of a minor and attempted corpse disposal. She is scheduled to have her first trial at the Daegu District Court Gimcheon Branch on April 9.

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