20-Month-Old Infant Rape and Abuse Murderer Commits Fraud Using Child's Mother's Bank Account

After Release, Mother and Daughter Reunite and Repeatedly Commit Assault and Molestation

On July 14, Yang Mo (29, male) was seen boarding a police transport vehicle for a pre-trial detention hearing (warrant review). [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Seohyun] Yang Mo (29, male), who was indicted for sexually assaulting, abusing, and killing an infant under two years old, was confirmed to have served a prison sentence for committing fraud using the bank account of the victim child's mother, Jeong Mo (25, female).

According to the legal community on the 1st, Yang was sentenced to one year in prison for fraud and was released on July 9, 2018. About a year later, in May 2019, he posted a listing on a secondhand trading site to sell music listening passes and swindled money under the pretext of advance payment. It was investigated that Yang collected about 3.9 million won from 30 victims using this method.

At that time, Yang was found to have used not only his own bank account but also Jeong's account, with whom he lived, multiple times to receive money from the victims. Jeong was pregnant at that time.

Also, in December 2018, after being released from prison, Yang received about 200,000 won from two people by baiting them with cultural gift certificates and then cut off contact. For this case, in August 2019, the Daejeon District Court sentenced him to one year and four months in prison for fraud. Neither the defendant nor the prosecution appealed, so the sentence was finalized as is.

After being released earlier this year, he immediately went to see Jeong. The child born to Jeong was just over one year old. From then on, Yang frequently assaulted Jeong and reportedly psychologically dominated her by threatening her mother, who lived in the same house, not to disclose the abuse. Instead of using the childcare allowance for the child’s needs such as baby products or food, he took it arbitrarily for himself.

On June 20, Yang forcibly molested and raped the 20-month-old child, then covered the child with a blanket and beat them severely with his hands and feet, ultimately causing the child's death. After hiding the body in an icebox with the frightened Jeong, he sent a text message to Jeong’s mother expressing a desire to have sexual relations.

Currently, the Daejeon District Court Criminal Division 12 (Chief Judge Yoo Seokcheol), which is handling the case of child abuse murder and corpse concealment charges against Yang, is receiving a flood of petitions and letters urging severe punishment for Yang while consoling the victim child.

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