"Crying and Laid on the Bed, Then Died"…Mother Arrested for Causing Death of Twin Sisters

A mother in her 20s was arrested by the police after her twin infant daughters, less than two months old, died after she laid them face down on a motel bed because they were crying excessively.

The Women and Juvenile Crime Investigation Unit of the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency detained Ms. A (24, female) on the charge of child abuse resulting in death under the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes on the 4th. Judge Lee In-hwa of the Incheon District Court, who was on duty for warrant hearings, conducted a pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant review) of Ms. A that afternoon and issued the warrant, citing "risk of flight."

Earlier, when Ms. A appeared at the court, she did not respond to reporters' questions such as "Why did you turn the children over?" She also remained silent when asked, "Did you not think the children would die? Aren't you sorry?"

A mother in her 20s, who laid her twin infant daughters, less than two months old, face down on a motel bed causing their deaths, is entering the Incheon District Court on the afternoon of the 4th to undergo a pre-arrest interrogation (warrant hearing). [Image source=Yonhap News]

Ms. A is accused of causing the death of her 49-day-old twin daughters at a motel in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, in the early hours of the 1st. During police questioning, she stated, "Around 3 a.m., the children were crying severely, so I laid them face down with their faces toward the mattress."

Investigations revealed that Ms. A and her husband, who live in Daejeon, came to Incheon for a trip on the 31st of last month, one day before the incident, and stayed at a motel with their daughters. It was confirmed that the children’s births were registered in December of last year.

The stepfather, Mr. B, called 119 emergency services at approximately 11:22 a.m. on the 1st, reporting, "The two children are not breathing." When the 119 paramedics and police arrived at the scene, the twin sisters were found deceased, lying face down on the motel room bed, with livor mortis visible on their faces and abdomens. Livor mortis is a postmortem phenomenon where blood settles in the lower parts of the body, causing discoloration of the skin.

The National Forensic Service conducted an autopsy on the twin sisters and provided the police with a preliminary verbal opinion stating that "asphyxiation cannot be ruled out."

The police released the stepfather, Mr. B, who was also arrested on the same charges as Ms. A, after determining that he was not directly involved in the deaths of the twin sisters. In initial police questioning, Mr. B claimed that he had laid the children face down, but later stated, "I fell asleep first and did not know."

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