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

[TootsieFootsie]

Manurewa homicide: CCTV footage led to woman's arrest in South Korea

A 42-year-old woman was arrested over the killing of two children found in suitcases in South Auckland.

www.newshub.co.nz

He said the woman had shifted from Seoul earlier this year, after moving to South Korea in 2018.

"What made it harder to find her was that she was not living in a residence that was under her own name. She was kind of a long-term guest in a property that was under some body else's name," Borowiec said.

Borowiec said the case has attracted a lot of attention in South Korea.
He said in the coming days, Koreans will grapple with the possible shame and harm this story could bring on the country.
Borowiec speculates that the extradition process would go ahead expeditiously.
"It seems the two countries are pretty much on the same page in wanting to as quickly as possible find answers as to what happened here," he said.

 

[SouthAussie]

You would think, by this point, the NZ police would have a good idea of when the children were last seen.
From teachers, playmates, relatives ... and they would know what these people were told about the children's whereabouts.

One thing I found interesting about the outlined extradition process is that " ..... 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."

Sounds like there is (and perhaps would need to be, for extradition) enough to arrest and charge the woman in NZ.

imo

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I think she moved after news that the children's bodies were discovered.
It does sound that she may have been living under her own name but moved away and went into hiding "earlier this year"

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Just noticing that her nails both fingernails and toenails look professionally done so not sure that she was totally hiding away, unless she's an expert at doing them herself.

Maybe that was her profession.

 

[mrjitty]

You would think, by this point, the NZ police would have a good idea of when the children were last seen.
From teachers, playmates, relatives ... and they would know what these people were told about the children's whereabouts.

Yes.

I guess everyone was told they went back to Korea, and then there was no cross check

 

[SouthAussie]

This BBC article has a little bit more about the woman's arrest.



Officers arrested her on Thursday in a midnight raid on an apartment in the south-eastern city of Ulsan.
It followed a stakeout after investigators received tips about her whereabouts, Seoul's National Police agency said.

Police have requested the suspect be denied bail prior to her extradition to New Zealand where she faces murder charges.

New Zealand bodies in suitcase: Woman arrested in S Korea over children's deaths

New Zealand police say they are extraditing the woman from South Korea on murder charges.

www.bbc.com

 

[Melt71]

Sounds like there is (and perhaps would need to be, for extradition) enough to arrest and charge the woman in NZ.

I would imagine so. I have been involved in paperwork for some extraditions (not to/from NZ). Under legislation the accused must have an arrest warrant already issued by the courts. The accused is formally arrested at the airport on arrival, not beforehand. New Zealand has an Extradition Act that lays out exactly what terms needed to be met in order to request extradition. https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act...html?search=ts_act_extradition_resel&p=1&sr=1

 

[kiwi50]

Suitcases containing children's bodies were moved a year before grim discovery

Suitcases containing the remains of two children were moved between storage units a year before their contents was discovered - but there was no smell or clues, a person with knowledge of the move said.

www.stuff.co.nz

 

[kiwi50]

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[Dotta]

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Oh dear...
Hmmm

 

[TootsieFootsie]

So because she says she was strangled in 2021, is she trying to say she shouldn't be arrested over what happened to her children.

 

[Dotta]

So because she says she was strangled in 2021, is she trying to say she shouldn't be arrested over what happened to her children.

I wonder if she is deemed unbalanced, can she still be deported to NZ?

She seems very cunning.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Maybe she feels she's suffered enough because she was strangled.

 

[Laughing]

Psych hospital, self-harm?

Wonder if this is guilt?

Is the stalking/attack usable as a defense -- this Stalker killed the children & chased me back to Korea?

Or -- do the mental health issues go back further than the reported self-harm?

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[iamshadow21]

South Korea court considers extraditing woman accused of murdering New Zealand children found in suitcases

If the court rules in favour of her extradition, South Korean Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon would make the final call on whether the woman is sent to New Zealand.

Lee Ji-hyeong, an official from the ministry's international crimes division, said prosecutors will likely apply for the review this week and the court will have two months to decide on the case.

...

New Zealand police had said the South Korean warrant for the suspect's arrest was in connection with two murder charges, and they have asked South Korean authorities to keep the woman in jail until she is extradited.

So, as far as I can tell, she's not going anywhere for now. The South Korean court is going to go through the evidence and make a ruling and then it's up to the Justice Minister to determine if she's actually extradited.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Extradition trial date set for Korean suspect in Auckland suitcase murder case

The extradition hearing for the Korean woman suspected of being involved with the deaths of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in Auckland i

www.newstalkzb.co.nz

The extradition hearing for the Korean woman suspected of being involved with the deaths of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in Auckland is set to happen on November 14, Korean media reports say.

 

[SouthAussie]

Extradition trial date set for Korean suspect in Auckland suitcase murder case

The extradition hearing for the Korean woman suspected of being involved with the deaths of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in Auckland i

www.newstalkzb.co.nz

The extradition hearing for the Korean woman suspected of being involved with the deaths of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in Auckland is set to happen on November 14, Korean media reports say.

From your linked article ....

The Korean ministry said it had reviewed the evidence submitted by NZ police which had satisfied “probable cause to believe that the suspect committed the extraditable crime”.

 

[kiwi50]

Good news.

Suitcase murder suspect will be extradited to NZ, Seoul High Court rules

Seoul High Court has approved the extradition of a woman believed to be the mother of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in Auckland.

www.stuff.co.nz

 

[kiwi50]

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[SouthAussie]

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So, this is why it is moving along quickly ..... she has agreed to prosecution.


"The woman was due to face the extradition hearing on Monday in the South Korean capital, but the hearing was expedited after her agreement to return to New Zealand to face prosecution."