Mother Who Buried 1-Week-Old Daughter 7 Years Ago Indicted and Detained

A woman in her 40s who buried her one-week-old daughter alive in a garden bed seven years ago has been brought to trial.

The Women and Children Crime Investigation Division of the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Gumiok) announced on the 21st that Ms. A was arrested and indicted on charges of murder and corpse abandonment.

Ms. A is accused of killing her daughter, Ms. B, by secretly burying her in a garden bed in Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi Province, in mid-August 2016. It was investigated that she buried her daughter, who was born at a maternity hospital in Incheon, in her mother's garden bed before the baby was even one week old. The police discovered remains presumed to be those of Ms. B in the garden bed pointed out by Ms. A during an on-site inspection conducted on the 6th, seven years after the incident occurred.

According to the investigation, Ms. A was separated from her husband at the time she gave birth to Ms. B, later divorced, and raised her eldest son, Mr. C (18), alone. Ms. A is also accused of emotionally abusing Mr. C (child abuse under the Child Welfare Act). It has been reported that Mr. C suffered emotional damage related to the abandonment of his mother's sister's body.

During the police investigation, Ms. A admitted to the murder charge, stating, "I was financially unable to raise my daughter." A prosecution official said, "We plan to connect Mr. C to the Crime Victim Support Center to provide psychological treatment, living expenses, and tuition support," adding, "We will continue to respond strictly to crimes against children who cannot protect themselves and do our best to protect victims."

A biological mother who buried her one-week-old daughter alive in a vegetable garden 7 years ago is being sent to the prosecution.
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