'Geoje Infant Secret Burial' Common-Law Couple Arrested... Confession to Murder

A common-law couple who secretly buried their 5-day-old infant in Geoje, Gyeongnam, has been arrested.

The Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency announced on the 2nd that they have detained the father, Mr. A, in his 20s, and the mother, Ms. B, in her 30s, on charges of strangling their son to death (murder, etc.). The couple is accused of strangling their 5-day-old son, Mr. C, to death at their residence in Geoje City on September 9 of last year.

Initially, they stated that they found the child dead after waking up and buried the body in a nearby mountain. However, during further police investigation, they reportedly confessed to killing their son.

Based on Mr. A’s statement that he buried the deceased Mr. C in a nearby mountain, searches have been conducted in the area. During additional investigations, Mr. A changed his statement, confessing to the murder and saying he disposed of Mr. C’s body in a nearby stream. The police plan to search the area around that stream.

Meanwhile, this case was uncovered through a comprehensive survey of unregistered infants conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare starting on the 28th of last month.

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