How South Korea Couple Left Dead Baby In Kimchi Container For 3 Years

In a shocking news coming in from South Korea, an infant who had died roughly at the age of 15 months was recently found in a container kept at a home in the country's Gyeonggi Province. It's said that the baby's body was kept in that plastic container for about three years before the police got a hold of it. The parents of the baby, who have been arrested under suspicion of murder and violating child welfare laws, are currently being investigated thoroughly. The baby's autopsy is underway.

The Police are investigating the parents of a dead child found in a container at a Pocheon home in the Gyeonggi Province of South Korea. It's believed that the couple hid the death of their 15-month-old child for about three years.

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South Korea Couple's Baby In Container

According to the Korea Herald newspaper, the 34-year-old mother of the infant allegedly left her infant child, a daughter, to die at her home while her spouse was locked up in prison. She is suspected to have kept the baby at home after she died at the age of 15 months. The container used to store the body was a small one measuring 35 centimetres long, 17 centimetres tall and 24 centimetres wide.

The police stated that although initially the infant’s mother denied having killed her baby and claimed that she had abandoned her on the streets, she confessed to being sternly questioned later. The authorities arrested the couple for hiding a dead body for three years and violating all the country’s child welfare laws. The woman confessed that she and her spouse had together hidden the baby

While the baby was hidden for three years, the incident only came to light when the respective authorities figured that the child was not registered for any health check-ups or even enrolled in any preschools. Last month, the police filed a complaint after failing to connect with the child's mother after repeated attempts. It's being reported that the child's father moved the dead body to his parents' house from his after he was released from prison, and then used the plastic container, which is usually used to store kimchi, to store his infant's body.

While the body has been sent for autopsy, it is still unclear as to why did the parents kill their own baby, and kept the body hidden for years. The police is currently investigating the motive behind the crime now that the culprits are in custody.