Children’s bodies found in suitcases: suspects arrested in South Korea

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Children’s bodies found in suitcases: suspects arrested in South Korea

Thursday 15 September 2022 | 08:10

The horrific case of children’s bodies in suitcases bought at auction in New Zealand caused an uproar weeks ago – now a female suspect has been arrested in South Korea. The 42-year-old is suspected of killing the two children, whose remains were found in the bags. The woman was on a Thursday night (local time). apartment in A police official in the southeastern port city of Ulsan said. She was wanted under an arrest warrant at the request of the New Zealand Police. It was not initially known if she was the mother.

The national news agency Yonhap News reported that the woman denied the allegations when she was about to be transferred to Seoul. The suspect is a New Zealand citizen who once held South Korean citizenship. The woman is said to have entered South Korea in 2018.

The suitcases containing the children’s remains had apparently been stored in a New Zealand storage room for years until an unsuspecting family bought and opened the suitcases last week. According to New Zealand police, the children may have died several years ago. When they died, they were between five and ten years old.

New Zealand: Family auctioned suitcases with children’s bodies

The family, from a suburb of Auckland, acquired two bags, along with a trailer loaded with household items, at an auction for stored items whose owners could no longer be traced. The family is not a suspect in the case, New Zealand police made clear last week.

In order to clarify the case, the police meanwhile evaluated hours of recordings from surveillance cameras. Because the children died long ago, important passages could have been deleted long ago. The warehouse where the bags were kept and the family home they were taken to after the auction were also checked by criminal investigators.