Mother Abandons 6-Day-Old Daughter in Trash Bag After Infant's Death

A mother was urgently arrested after leaving her 6-day-old daughter alone, who then died, and disposing of the body in a designated garbage bag.

The Gwangju Police Agency announced on the 7th that they have urgently arrested and are investigating a woman in her early 30s, identified as A, on charges of child abuse resulting in death and corpse abandonment.

A is accused of leaving her 6-day-old daughter alone at their home in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, for about three hours in early April 2018, and after finding the child deceased, placing the body in a designated garbage bag and abandoning it in a trash collection bin the following dawn.

At the time, A was an unmarried mother in her mid-20s. Despite confirming that her daughter was found dead, covered with a swaddling hat, immediately after going out, she did not report to the authorities or follow funeral procedures and instead abandoned the body.

During a full investigation of unregistered births, so-called 'ghost infants,' the police, upon receiving a request to investigate, began searching for the child's whereabouts. It was reported that the mother surrendered herself the night before.

Considering the seriousness of the case, the police plan to request an arrest warrant for A.

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