Mother Charged with Murder for Burying Her Two-Day-Old Son Alive

The police have applied a murder charge against a mother who buried her two-day-old son in the ground, causing his death.

The Women and Juvenile Crime Investigation Unit of the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency applied for an arrest warrant on the 12th for A, a woman in her 30s suspected of murder.

A is accused of burying her son, born on October 27, 2017, at a hospital in Mokpo, Jeonnam, in a nearby mountain in Gwangyang two days later, causing his death.

According to the police investigation, A, who was unmarried, committed the crime on the day she was discharged from the hospital.

A claimed that while her mother was at work and the house was empty, she was taking care of her son alone, and when the child suddenly died, she buried him in the ground.

However, during further investigation, she changed her statement, saying she buried him while he was still alive.

Based on the statements so far, the police judge that the act of the mother burying the child alive in the ground itself constituted a means of murder.

The police conducted additional investigations based on circumstances that A, who worked as a daycare teacher and knew how to care for young children, did not seek help from 119 or others despite judging that her son had suddenly died.

The charges may be changed depending on the future investigation results.

The excavation investigation, which was suspended the previous day due to heavy rain in the mountain in Gwangyang identified as the burial site, resumed that morning.

The police also plan to investigate whether there are any accomplices.

The man identified by A as the biological father and his family, as well as those around them, claim they were unaware of the birth at the time in 2017.

This case was uncovered during a full investigation of infants born in medical institutions but whose births were not registered.

The local government in charge requested a police investigation after confirming that the child’s whereabouts were unknown, contrary to A’s claim that the child was being raised by another family.

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