From now on, I will tell you about three child abuse cases, to be precise, murder cases. First, new details were confirmed in the case of a couple who killed a 10-year-old nephew who was in charge of Yongin, Gyeonggi-do. On the day my nephew died, it was investigated that his hands and feet were tied and forced into a bathtub. And the abuse continued for over a month. The police applied the crime of murder today (17th) and handed the case to the prosecution.
This is reporter Kim Do-hoon.
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On the 8th, 10-year-old A, who died in the bathroom of an apartment in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, was abused by an aunt couple just before her death.
According to police, the aunt couple tied their nephew’s hands and feet and dipped them in a bathtub.
And this kind of abuse happened on January 24th.
On this day, Ms. A was also abused in the bathtub with her hands and feet tied.
Not only this.
The abuse of the couple’s aunts lasted for nearly a month, a police investigation revealed.
Police said that Ms. A suffered more than 20 assaults and abuses against her aunts since the end of December last year.
It was the reason that I couldn’t listen and pee.
On the 8th, when Ms. A died, assault and abuse continued for 3 hours from the morning.
It was confirmed that the aunt couple beat their nieces and abused them even though their children were in the house.
Today, the police turned the child abuse death penalty applied to the aunts and married couples into murder and handed them over to the prosecution.
Aunt’s couple thought that their nephew might die, but they consistently abused it and determined that it was intentional.
But the aunt couple said it was unfair.
[A양 이모 : (숨진 아이한테 하고 싶은 말씀 없으세요?) 하고 싶은 말은 많은데, 그게 다 사실이 아닐 수도 있는 거고. 그냥 기자들도 형사들도 너무 정해 놓고 자꾸 질문만 하시는 거 같아요.]
The police are investigating the suspicion of child neglect of the dead mother of Miss A.
It is believed that they did not take any action even after hearing that the child was abused.
(Video Design: Kim Ji-yeon)