Unmarried Mother Arrested and Sent to Prosecution for Disposing of 6-Day-Old Daughter's Body in a Bag

A woman in her 30s who caused the death of her 6-day-old daughter five years ago has been handed over to the prosecution.

The Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 14th that they changed the charge from child abuse resulting in death to murder and sent Ms. A to detention and prosecution. The charge of corpse abandonment was maintained.

Ms. A is accused of murdering her baby (6 days old) in early April 2018 at a motel in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City.

When the baby lying on the bed cried, she turned the baby over, causing the baby to die.

The deceased baby's body was placed in a plastic bag and kept in a freezer for 2 to 3 weeks, then put into a designated waste bag and abandoned at a garbage separation site.

Ms. A, an unmarried mother, turned herself in on the 6th after receiving a nationwide survey call regarding so-called "ghost infants," children unregistered at birth, fearing that her past crime would be discovered.

Initially, she told the police that "she left the child alone and went out," but during the investigation, she confessed, "I intentionally turned the baby over, causing death."

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