Name Unknown.
Died: November 27, 2024.
Age at death: 12.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Bugang-myeon, Sejong City, South Korea.
Disability: Intellectual disability.
Details:
This 12-year-old boy’s mother took her son out of school, drove to an isolated rural road, and allegedly strangled him. Two hours later, she called the police, explaining that she had killed someone, and was arrested. Police say she told them she decided to kill him because “life was too hard.”
Case Status:
His mother is on trial for murder. The prosecution is seeking an 8-year sentence.
Sources:
disabled-children-in-south-korea-face-higher-risk-of-homicide-data – The Korea Times
A woman in her 40s who killed her son due to hardships was arrested by police.
Prosecutors have asked for eight years in prison for a biological mother in her 40s who was in court.. – MK
‘생활고’로 초등학생 아들 숨지게 한 40대 엄마
김제서 아들 살해한 40대 여성 체포