A mother was arrested in South Korea

She was arrested after several weeks of uncertainty. New Zealand police announced on Thursday the arrest of a mother as a suspect in the investigation into the deaths of her two children. She was located in South Korea, her country of origin, last August. New Zealand then issued an “arrest warrant under the New Zealand-Republic of Korea Extradition Treaty” for his arrest.

The identity of this woman was not revealed, but the media published pictures showing her face hidden by a coat. She is expected to be extradited to New Zealand, where she could be charged in the investigation into the murders of two young children who were found dead in two suitcases, he says.New Zealand HeraldThe horrific discovery was made in August by a family who had just bought several suitcases at auction. When the luggage was opened, decomposing bodies were found.

A neighbor told the New Zealand Herald the family discovered the remains when they opened suitcases on trailers. The neighbor then saw the police arrive, as there was a very strong smell coming from the property. “I could smell something in here. I thought there was a dead cat or something. That day the police came,” he commented. “Mouvais ettat, l’odeur est la même, c’est pour ça que j’ai pensé à an animal mort,” he adds.

“I did not do anything”

Both children could have died years ago. Tufilo Vamanuya Vailua, the inspector in charge of the investigation, told the press at the time that the aim now was to identify the victims and find out how they died. “What I can say is that we are making good progress in terms of DNA research,” he explained. “We are doing everything we can to resolve the investigation and understand what happened to these young children. “It is not an easy investigation,” he added. The search then led to South Korea, where it was revealed that the mother of the victims, aged between 7 and 10, had been found. A South Korean police official told AFP: “We confirm that she is in South Korea and that she is a New Zealand citizen of Korean descent.” It reportedly arrived in the country in 2018.

“Police arrested the suspect at an apartment in Ulsan on Thursday after surveillance linked to information about her location and surveillance camera footage,” South Korean police said in a statement. “New Zealand police accuse the suspect of killing two of her children, who were aged seven and ten, around 2018 in the Auckland area. She was discovered to have arrived in South Korea after the crime and has been in hiding ever since. The mother, who was pursued by the media during “I didn’t do anything,” he transferred to Seoul.