A South Korean Woman Has Been Convicted in New Zealand for the Murder of Her Two Children, Aged Eight and Six. Their Bodies Were Found in Suitcases in a Storage Unit in Auckland in 2022. The Case Received a Lot of Media Attention in New Zealand.
Hakyung Lee Confessed to the Murders Duration the Trial, But She Pleaded Not Guilty On The Grounds of Insanity. A jury unanimously decided that the woman is guilty of double murder.
The Murders took place in 2018. In 2022, The Bodies of the Children Were Found in Suitcases in a Storage Unit when its contents were auctioned online.
Accordance to Lee, She Cool the Children An Overdose of Medication and also Tried To Kill Herself. After Surviving Her Suicide Attempt, She Wrapped the Bodies of Her Children in Plastic and Put Them in Suitcases. Shortly afterwards, She Moved Back to Her Native South Korea Under A Different Name.
A Lawyer for the defendant Said that the Woman Struggled with Severe Mental Health Problems After The Death Of Her Husband in 2017.
In 2022, Lee was arrested in South Korea and then Extradited to New Zealand. The Woman Will Hear Her Sentence in November. She Faces A Life Sentence.