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Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Daughter and Son-in-Law in Daegu Suitcase Killing

The ruling cites flight risk based on CCTV footage, suspect confessions, autopsy findings of fatal blunt-force trauma.

Overview

  • The Daegu District Court issued arrest warrants Thursday, citing flight risk for the woman in her 20s and her husband suspected of killing her mother.
  • The couple confessed during questioning, and CCTV shows them carrying a suitcase from their Jung District home to the Sincheon stream on March 18.
  • A passerby reported a floating suitcase Tuesday, March 31, and police recovered the mother's body curled inside the bag.
  • A preliminary autopsy found multiple fractures, including to ribs and pelvis, and investigators say the likely cause of death was blunt-force injuries from external force.
  • Police charged the husband under Korea’s parricide statute and accused the wife of aiding disposal, while identifying the victim through fingerprint and DNA and analyzing phones and the home to determine motive.