The police decided to apply the murder charge to a couple in their thirties who abused their 10-year-old nephew to death, including forcibly putting their heads in the bathtub water. It was initially investigated for the suspicion of child abuse and lethality, but it was determined that their assault techniques were unclear intentions of murder.
Aunt (left) and his aunt, who abused their 10-year-old nephew to death, are coming out of the Yongin East Police Station in Gyeonggi-do to attend the interrogation of the suspect before arrest on the afternoon of the 10th. yunhap news
‘Nephew biting torture’ applies murder to aunt couple
The entrance to my aunt’s apartment in Yongin, where the police line was struck after the abuse death incident. yunhap news
The South Gyeonggi Police Department and the Yongin Eastern Police Department announced on the 17th that they would send the aunt B and aunt of the deceased Yang A (10) to the prosecution for murder and physical abuse under the Child Welfare Act.
According to the police, Mr. B beat his nephew A with a plastic flapper at his home bathroom in Gorim-dong, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, from around 9:30 am on the 8th, tied his hands and feet with strings, and forced his head in a water bath for 10 minutes He is accused of being abused and killed. They are said to have stated the reason for the assault, saying, “Ms. A did not listen and could not cover the toilet.” Miss A, who lost consciousness while being abused close to water torture, was taken to the hospital with her aunt’s 119 report, but died.
It was investigated that the abuse of the aunt couple began in late December of last year. About November of last year, the mother left the child-raising, saying, “Please ask for the child for moving and work problems.” In a police investigation, Mr. B and Mrs. B stated that “Ms. A assaulted Ms. A about 20 times in order to correct her habit because Ms. A did not listen.” It is said that she struck Ms. A’s whole body, including the face, with a plastic flapper or broom.
It was investigated that the abuse of water torture occurred once more before the day of the death of Miss A. On the 24th of last month, Mr. B and Mrs. B received water in the bathroom bath, tied Ms. A’s hands and feet with strings, and then abused them by putting their hair in and out three or four times.
Police report that Ms. A died after more than a month of assault and water torture. The autopsy’s primary oral finding that “Miss A is believed to have died from secondary shock” also supports this presumption. Secondary shock refers to a phenomenon in which subcutaneous bleeding caused by an assault prevents blood circulation and leads to shock. Water torture and previous assault could be the cause of the shock.
Accordingly, the police changed the charges applied to Mr. B from the charges of child abuse and lethality under the Special Cases Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes. It was judged that he had committed acts such as assault even though he anticipated the occurrence of an unwritten intentional murder, that is, death. An official from the police said, “I saw that the couple had unwritten intentions, such as recognizing that Ms. A could be killed due to constant assault and water torture, etc.,” said a police officer. “We finally applied the crime of murder by combining the findings of the autopsy and precedents. I said.
Personal information is private… The mother was also charged with neglect
Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency. yunhap news
As murder crimes are applied, Mr. B and Mrs. B are subject to disclosure of their identities in accordance with the Special Case Act (Special Lecture Act) on the punishment of certain violent crimes. However, the 7 members of the police, professors, lawyers, etc., who attended the Personal Information Disclosure Deliberation Committee held on the previous day (16th) made a decision to hide their identity. The reason is that “if the details of Mr. B’s couple are revealed, the couple’s three biological children and Ms. A’s brother’s personal information are also exposed, and there is concern about secondary damage.”
The police are investigating Ms. A’s mother on charges of neglect under the Child Welfare Act. Divorced from her husband in 2018, he is said to have been raising Ms. A alone since September 2019. Police suspect that there is a suspicion of not taking any protective measures even though they know that their daughter has been assaulted by her sister’s couple. A police official said, “The older sister B of the victim’s mother said that she informed us that Ms. A had been punished for not listening through KakaoTalk conversation or phone calls.” said.
On this day, the police send Mr. B’s couple to the prosecution. A police official said, “Additional investigations will continue, such as whether Mr. B and Mrs. B abused their own children.”
Reporter Chae Hye-seon [email protected]