Newborn Abandoned and Dies... 20s Biological Mother Faces Arrest Decision

A woman in her 20s, accused of neglecting her baby born four years ago, causing the infant's death within a few days and then abandoning the body, is at a crossroads regarding detention.

The Suwon District Court is scheduled to conduct a pre-trial detention hearing (warrant review) for the suspect, Ms. A, who is charged with child abuse resulting in death, at 3 p.m. on the 2nd.

Ms. A has admitted to all charges. The decision on whether to issue an arrest warrant is expected to be made later that afternoon.

Ms. A is accused of leaving a baby boy, born in April 2019 in Daejeon, alone in a villa where she lived by herself for three days, resulting in the child's death. She had become pregnant with her then-boyfriend’s child but broke up without knowing she was pregnant. After the breakup, upon learning of the pregnancy, Ms. A gave birth at a hospital and was discharged with the baby.

It is reported that she did not register the birth and left the baby alone during the daytime in the house where she lived alone at the time, failing to properly feed the infant formula, which led to the baby's death.

During a comprehensive investigation into so-called "ghost children"?those with birth records but no birth registration?the police received an investigation request from a local government and, while investigating, urgently arrested Ms. A, who was living in Paldal-gu, Suwon City, on the 30th of last month.

After Ms. A stated that she had buried the body near her home, the police conducted a search for the body in the mountain area near the villa in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon City, where she lived at the time of the incident, but were unable to find the infant’s body. It is reported that Ms. A later retracted her statement regarding the location where the body was abandoned.

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