40-Day-Old Infant Dropped and Left Unattended, Resulting in Death... Biological Mother Arrested

A woman in her 20s was arrested by the police on charges of dropping her 40-day-old son onto the floor and leaving him unattended for several days, resulting in his death.

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On the 30th, the Women and Juvenile Investigation Unit of the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency arrested Ms. A (24, female) on charges of child abuse resulting in death under the Child Abuse Punishment Act.

Judge Lee Joo-il of the Incheon District Court conducted a pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant review) for Ms. A on the same day and issued the warrant, citing "risk of flight."

Ms. A, who has a severe intellectual disability, is accused of dropping her 40-day-old son, Mr. B, onto the floor of an apartment in Seo-gu, Incheon, in mid to late June, injuring him and leaving him unattended, which led to his death.

Her husband returned home from a delivery job on the afternoon of the 26th, found Mr. B not breathing, and called 119.

Ms. A told the police, "I was holding the child while taking care of him and accidentally dropped him," and added, "I thought he was okay, so I did not take him to the hospital."

The National Forensic Service, which performed an autopsy on the body, reported a preliminary verbal opinion to the police stating, "The death is presumed to be caused by a fracture of the skull above the right ear and slight brain hemorrhage."

The police applied charges of child abuse resulting in death, concluding that although Mr. B showed signs of health problems before his death, his biological mother neglected him, leading to his death.

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