South Korean couple left useless child in kimchi container for 3 years, say cops

Police in South Korea have booked a pair who allegedly left their child useless in a plastic kimchi container for 3 years. The police said that the couple hid their 15-month-old daughter for 3 years after she died.

Gyeonggi,UPDATED: Nov 26, 2022 09:08 IST

Police suspect that the lady left the kid to die and saved the physique at dwelling (Photo: Representational/File)

By India Today Web Desk: South Korean police have booked a pair who allegedly left their deceased toddler’s physique in a container for a interval of three years within the metropolis of Pocheon, Gyeonggi province. The couple has now been arrested after being accused of hiding their toddler daughter in a plastic kimchi container, the Korea Herald Reported.

The police said that the couple hid their 15-month-old daughter for 3 years when she died. Initially, the mom of the kid denied that she had killed the child and as a substitute claimed that she had deserted her on the streets.

But when requested sternly throughout her interrogation, the lady confessed to the crime that she and her husband had hidden the child’s physique. According to police, the container utilized by the couple to cover the physique was simply 35 centimetres lengthy, 24 centimetres broad and 17 centimetres tall, the report said.

The incident got here to mild when the cops came upon that the kid was not enrolled in preschool or getting well being checks. The toddler’s dying went unnoticed till then.

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Days later, police filed a grievance on October 27 after their repeated makes an attempt to contact the toddler’s mom went in useless. Later on, the lady was booked on suspicion of breaking baby welfare legal guidelines, the Korean Herald reported.

Police suspect that the lady left the kid to die and saved the physique at dwelling. When the kid’s father, who was in jail, was launched, he moved the physique to his mother and father’ dwelling. He then put the physique in a plastic container used to retailer kimchi and hid it on the rooftop, police suspect.

The physique has been despatched for an post-mortem and its result’s awaited. Meanwhile, the police are attempting to ascertain the precise circumstances and motive behind the crime.

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Nov 26, 2022