Suspicion of Secret Burial of Baby Who Died 8 Days After Birth... Police Investigation

Busan Metropolitan Police Agency secured a statement from the biological mother, Ms. A, who buried her child in a mountain eight days after birth, while conducting a full investigation into unreported births, and has launched an investigation.

On the 4th, Busan Metropolitan Police Agency announced that they obtained a statement from Ms. A, who gave birth in February 2015, that after her baby died, she abandoned the body in a mountain near her home in Gijang-gun, Busan, and have started an investigation.

Busan Police Agency.

According to the police and Gijang-gun authorities, the biological mother, Ms. A, in her 40s, gave birth to the child in February 2015. The child died at home eight days after birth.

Ms. A stated, "The baby was found dead when I was unable to take care of it properly," and that she buried the child in a mountain in Jukseong-ri, Gijang-gun.

The statute of limitations for corpse abandonment is seven years. If Ms. A's statement is true, the statute of limitations has passed.

A Gijang-gun official said, "Ms. A is also raising a teenage child," and added, "We plan to check the safety of the teenage child as well."

A police official said, "We will investigate the circumstances of the baby's death with Ms. A, secure clues about the location and extent of the abandonment, and then search the site where the body was abandoned."

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