The newborn’s parents were arrested on charges of beating a two-week-old child to death. Parents stated that the child vomited and beaten the child during a police investigation.
Reporter Kim Kwan-jin covered it.
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119 Paramedics attempts CPR with two fingers.
The small-sized patient with an oxygen respirator is a two-week-old boy.
The child was moved to the emergency room, but died today (12th) around 1 am.
[전북소방본부 관계자 : 어른 침대에서 아기가 떨어졌다고 그렇게 접수가 됐거든요. 조금 이따가 호흡이 없다 그래서….]
Bruising marks were found on the cheek, forehead, and chin of the child who died, but when the police suspected of child abuse continued the investigation, the biological parents in their twenties, Mr. A and Mr. B, stated, “The child vomited and beaten powdered milk.” Said.
[경찰 관계자 : 학대 정황이 어느 정도 보이고 포착이 되니까 저희가 추궁을 해서 손으로 얼굴을 좀 때렸다 진술이 나왔어요.]
The court today issued arrest warrants for two parents on charges of child abuse and fatality.
[숨진 아이 친어머니 : (갓난아이한테 왜 그러셨어요?) …. (아이한테 하고 싶은 말 없으세요?) ….]
It was confirmed that the real father, A, had been tried in a crippled state after beating another child of his own in February of last year.
This child, who was 3 months old at the time of the victim, was separated by a child protection agency.
At the time, the police investigating the case said, “Mr. A was the first criminal and claimed that he had just hit him in the face and did not arrest him.”
(Video coverage: Lim Chun-kwang JTV, video editing: Kim Jong-tae, screen courtesy: Jeonbuk Iksan Fire Station)