A 30-year-old biological mother who killed her four-year-old son in Cheongju먹튀검증, Chungcheongbuk-do, because she was pessimistic about her family situation has been detained and handed over to trial.
The Cheongju District Prosecutor’s Office announced on the 24th that it has detained and indicted a foreigner, A, 30, a national of Uzbekistan, on suspicion of murder.
The mother allegedly strangled her biological son, 4-year-old B-gun, to death at a villa in Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju, at around 3:39 a.m. on March 29. He turned himself in to police immediately after the crime, saying, “I think I killed my child,” and police arrested her as a suspect.
At the time, A’s husband, a fellow national, was sleeping in another room. The woman had reportedly recently suffered from postpartum depression.
An official from the Cheongju District Prosecutors’ Office said, “We will strictly investigate the crime against humanity and provide support to the bereaved family through the Crime Victim Support Center.”