On the morning of the 17th, Gumi Police Chief Kim Han-tak is giving a briefing on the’Gumi Girl Murder Case’ at the Gumi Police Station in Gyeongsangbuk-do. yunhap news
In relation to the case where a 3-year-old girl was found dead in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the police belatedly confirmed her mother and conducted an intensive investigation for ten days, but it was not enough to clear the tangled thread of the case.
The Gumi Police Department held a briefing on the 17th and explained the progress of the investigation so far. The police explained that only the circumstances that the arrested mother A, 48, found the body of the child who died the day before and tried to abandon the body were newly confirmed, but the main suspicions have not been resolved.
Mr. A, found the day before the report and confirmed the situation of attempting to abandon the body
The police sent Mr. A to the prosecution, adding a charge of attempted abandonment of a corpse in addition to the charges of extortion of minors. Regarding this, the police explained, “As the investigation proceeded further, the situation of attempts to abandon the body that had not been revealed before was confirmed. It is true that Mr. A was the first to find a dead girl, but it was reported on the 10th of last month, the day after the discovery.” .
Even so, he didn’t talk about the details. A police official said, “A is also admitted to this part. “I couldn’t actually abandon it,” he said. “I only tell you that I have been drafted for this part, and it is difficult to say definitively (about the method).” Regarding the possibility that Mr. A’s husband conspired for the abandonment of the corpse, he added, “We have not found any circumstances involving the husband.”
What did Mr. A do after replacing the girl born by his daughter Mr. B (22), who the father of the deceased child was, whether he had an accomplice, and why Mr. A denied the results of the DNA test? The suspicions are still lingering.
Mr. A, who is known as the maternal grandmother of a 3-year-old girl who died in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, was found to be his mother as a result of DNA testing, is entering the Daegu District Court’s Gimcheon Branch to receive an interrogation (substantial detention warrant) before arrest on the 11th. News 1
Reporters’ questions poured out during the briefing that day. When asked various questions, such as the whereabouts of the missing child, whether the deceased child was confirmed, the possibility that the mother and daughter conspired to change the child, and whether Mr. B still knows the deceased girl as his daughter, the police said, “It is a matter under investigation. “No” or “not confirmed” said.
“I took the DNA of Mr. A again and tested it, but the results were the same.”
Regarding the possibility of DNA test errors that have been steadily raised, he emphasized again that “the test results are clear.” At the same time, he said, “At the request of Mr. A, DNA was collected and tested.”
“DNA tests were performed three times, and samples were collected in three parts of the body of the dead girl,” said Choi Moon-tae, head of the Gyeongbuk National Police Agency. “The same result was obtained even though A requested the DNA test and did it again.”
It was negative about the public opinion that the conversion of the public investigation was not carried out, which adversely affected the investigation. The police said, “In public investigations, when all the crimes of the suspect are confirmed and the whereabouts are unclear, people are searched through arrangements. In this case, it is necessary to consider whether a public investigation is necessary or appropriate. It has a peculiarity of’planetary (密行性)’ and has many elements that infringe on personal privacy or honor. “This case was just a general investigation in accordance with due process (rather than a closed investigation),” he explained.
Mr. B in his twenties, who killed his 3-year-old daughter in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, is being sent to Daegu District Prosecutor’s Office on charges of murder on the 19th of last month. News 1
“The need for public investigation is low… We are investigating according to the procedure.”
Regarding the fact that some media reported that’the lie detector investigation resulted in a false reaction’, he dismissed that “I have never conducted a lie detector investigation against Mr. A.” Chief Chief Choi said, “The lie detector investigation is to check whether the statements of the subject of investigation are credible,” and said, “Because A’s denial of the clear evidence content itself is false, we decided that there was no need for a lie detector investigation.”
Kim Han-tak, head of the Gumi Police Department, said, “The police have secured and analyzed Mr. A’s call history, financial data, medical records, etc. “After Mr. A Songchi, if we will work closely with the prosecution so that there will be no obstacles to maintaining the prosecution in the future, we will continue a more intense investigation to clarify the actual truth of the case.”
Gumi = Reporter Kim Jeong-seok
