GUILTY NZ - Remains of Yuna Jo, 8 and Minu Jo, 6, found in suitcases bought at auction - Auckland *Mother Arrested*

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Woman Arrested in South Korea After Bodies of Two Children Found in Suitcases in New Zealand

Papatoetoe Safe Storage FacilityA woman has been arrested in South Korea after the remains of two young children were found stuffed in suitcases in New Zealand in what police described as a “very challenging” investigation.New Zealand Police confirmed the arrest, revealing South Korean...
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DNA and historic video surveillance were among the investigative tools used to help identify and track down the woman, who police say fits the age of the children’s mother, along with a New Zealand address belonging to her.
 
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“Police would also like to acknowledge the overwhelming support from the public since the commencement of a very challenging investigation.

“As the matter is now before the courts, police are not in a position to make any further comment.”

Police would not divulge details about when the woman was due to appear in court or when they hoped she would be expected back in New Zealand, or even if police would be travelling to South Korea for upcoming court appearances.

There are a “number of inquiries to be completed both in New Zealand and overseas”, NZ police said in a statement today.
 
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Mijin Kim, vice-president of the Korean Society of New Zealand, said it was a very sad story.

The case had been a tragedy for the family and came as a shock to the Korean community here in New Zealand.

“We are so sorry to hear about what happened to the children,” she said.

“A member of our community who has been in touch with the woman’s mother has told us that since the woman’s husband died in 2017, she fell into deep depression and has received little support.

“I think this highlights the need for greater support for those in need of mental health help, both from the government and also from within our communities.”

Ms Kim said if the woman returned to New Zealand under extradition, the Korean Society would provide whatever support she needed during the court process.

“It is a very sad story indeed and our thoughts are with everyone involved.”
 
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A woman arrested in South Korea over the deaths of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases was found “hiding in an apartment” by an undercover police investigation, Korean media is reporting.

Korean media has reported that detectives at Ulsan Central police station conducted an undercover investigation to find the woman, after receiving intelligence and checking CCTV.

Yonhap News Agency said the extradition process would take two months to complete in the South Korean courts.
 
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TootsieFootsie said:

Mijin Kim, vice-president of the Korean Society of New Zealand, said it was a very sad story.

The case had been a tragedy for the family and came as a shock to the Korean community here in New Zealand.

“We are so sorry to hear about what happened to the children,” she said.

“A member of our community who has been in touch with the woman’s mother has told us that since the woman’s husband died in 2017, she fell into deep depression and has received little support.

“I think this highlights the need for greater support for those in need of mental health help, both from the government and also from within our communities.”

Ms Kim said if the woman returned to New Zealand under extradition, the Korean Society would provide whatever support she needed during the court process.

“It is a very sad story indeed and our thoughts are with everyone involved.”
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It is so sad that this woman didn't reach out to them 4 years ago. Or reach out to the NZ Social Services, or the grandparents ...... or someone. If only there had been someone who could have saved the children.

She may have been depressed, but she managed to get on a plane and flee the country - years ago - and remain under the radar for all of this time.

Thank goodness that poor couple discovered the children.

imo
 
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TootsieFootsie said:
Interesting article about research into bodies found in suitcases.
There is even a suitcase and wheelie bin body farm in Western Australia.

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When remains are found in a suitcase, forensics can learn a lot from the insects trapped within

Paola Magni, Author providedA crime scene can present itself in any form and size. In recent weeks, an Aotearoa New Zealand family who’d purchased abandoned goods from a storage locker made the harrowing discovery of two sets of human remains hidden inside two suitcases. Sadly, this is not a...
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Very interesting! Wow!
 
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SouthAussie said:
It is so sad that this woman didn't reach out to them 4 years ago. Or reach out to the NZ Social Services, or the grandparents ...... or someone. If only there had been someone who could have saved the children.

She may have been depressed, but she managed to get on a plane and flee the country - years ago - and remain under the radar for all of this time.
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She has a mother apparently, but maybe it isn't/wasn't a very close relationship.
 
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And if she fell into such a deep depression after her husband died, and did indeed kill her children as a consequence, then I don't really understand why she has been moving around and hiding in SK all this time - in her place, I believe I would have taken my own life by now. Just saying.
 
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"The woman denies the murder allegations.

'I didn't do it,' the woman said repeatedly, as she was led away and put into a police vehicle.

New Zealand has to formally seek extradition of the suspect within 45 days for a South Korean court to review whether to send her back, the Ministry of Justice said."

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Woman arrested over children found in a suitcase in New Zealand

The 42-year-old Korean-born New Zealand woman is suspected of fleeing to South Korea in 2018 after allegedly killing her then 7-year-old and 10-year-old children in Auckland.
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Dotta said:
"The woman denies the murder allegations.

'I didn't do it,' the woman said repeatedly, as she was led away and put into a police vehicle.
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Maybe she didn't ?
I guess we'll find out one way or the other.
 
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I wonder if a prima facie case will be presented publicly for the extradition (presumably she will resist that)
 
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It is probably going to be a difficult case. And she will have a lot of difficult questions to answer.

The main ones being .... if she didn't kill her children, then who killed them? Why didn't she report their deaths?
 
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SouthAussie said:
It is probably going to be a difficult case. And she will have a lot of difficult questions to answer.

The main ones being .... if she didn't kill her children, then who killed them? Why didn't she report their deaths?
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I have yet to recall a perp who confessed outright.
Almost all claim to to be imprisoned "for innocence".
 
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mrjitty said:
I wonder if a prima facie case will be presented publicly for the extradition (presumably she will resist that)
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A NZ law professor (Neil Boister) says that this is how the extradition process works.
I can't see anywhere if the tribunal is private or public.


Firstly, the woman has been arrested in South Korea upon the request of the New Zealand Police.

The woman will then face a tribunal hearing in South Korea, which will confirm that all conditions laid out in the treaty between South Korea and New Zealand are met, Boister says.

Here, there will be an opportunity for South Korea to raise a defence to the proposed charges on the basis of anything in Korean law that might work to mitigate the woman’s alleged actions. This might, Boister says, involve taking into account the woman’s physical and mental health.

The third step will involve an executive decision being made as to whether to continue with the extradition.

Finally, if the decision is made to go ahead with the extradition, the woman will be flown from South Korea to New Zealand. Upon landing in New Zealand, she will be taken into custody by New Zealand Police who will then follow their usual arrest and charge procedures, Boister says.

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Dotta said:
I have yet to recall a perp who confessed outright.
Almost all claim to to be imprisoned "for innocence".
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There have been plenty. As there was then no trial to follow, they probably went under your radar.
Here's a recent one. He gave himself up to the police a few days after the murder.
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Cody Ackland jailed for life for murder of Bobbi-Anne McLeod, 18

Ackland, 24, who was a guitarist with local indie band Rakuda, was leading a double life and had a secret morbid fascination with serial killers, particular US murderer Ted Bundy
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Wow great cooperation between SK and NZ authorities for there to be movement in this case so quickly. Now it is a matter of waiting to see how the process goes.
 
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Has the children's cause of death been determined? If so, has it been released?
 
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