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Why not showing face of immoral criminal? say furious neighbors

Why not showing face of immoral criminal? say furious neighbors

Posted February. 06, 2016 07:19,   

Updated February. 06, 2016 07:26

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In Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province on Friday, the police inspected a house where the dead body of a middle school student who was murdered by her own father was found after one year. She was 13 when she was killed. From the morning, around 100 neighbors came near the house. When father Lee (47) stepmother Baek (40), who covered their face in hats and masks, arrived at the house around noon, the neighbors started shouting in rage. "How can a pastor do this horrible thing? This is unforgivable. I have been waiting to see his face and curse him, but now I can't!" said a neighbor.

The inspection was processed without trouble. The parents calmly re-enacted how they beat their daughter on the palms and thighs with a wooden stick and a broom. "They did quite calmly what they described during interrogation," said a police official. Right before the investigation to determine a warrant's validity, reporters asked them if they felt guilty and the couple did not answer.

On this day, the police arrested them for child abuse and murder as well as abandonment of the body. The case will be investigated throughout the Lunar New Year holidays and be handed over to the prosecution around next Thursday. The focus of the investigation is whether the suspects can be charged with murder. To support the investigation, the police deployed the legal support team, who inquired into the parents' guilt for murdering their elementary school student child on Jan. 15.

Baek's sister (39) who had raised the girl since 2012 was released on Friday morning. This decision was based on the prosecution's judgment that it would be difficult to prove that the sister was involved in child abuse. The sister claimed, "Look at the girl's diary. There is no trace of domestic violence." Nevertheless, a police official said that it would continue to investigate into violence and abuse by Baek's sister without restraining them."



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