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I told you that a newborn baby was found dead right in front of a baby box installed to prevent the baby from being thrown away. A mother in her twenties who abandoned the baby was caught by the police today (4th).
Reporter Park Jae-hyun reports.
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10 o'clock the night before, a woman puts a newborn baby right in front of the baby box.
It was left behind for more than 7 hours in the cold of 3 degrees Celsius, until a member of the church operating the baby box discovered it.
[Jong-Rak Lee / Pastor of the Baby Box Operation Church (Yesterday): I think I came up with a hard time in the state that I did not recover (because of birth).
(Looking at CCTV) Put it on the bucket, look at the child, and turn right away (Go.)] When the
baby is released, the baby box that turns on the alarm and lights was just 1 meter away, but this woman put the baby on the plastic drum Will.
Police arrested a woman in her residence this morning after abandoning her baby.
This woman in her 20s living in Seoul has been identified as the baby's mother, A.
The police are investigating why Mr. A, who went to the baby box, left the baby outside.
Mr. A is known to have stated to the police that "I did not know that the baby was dead."
However, he admitted to putting the baby on the drum.
In order to determine the exact cause of death, the police will request an autopsy of the baby who died tomorrow at the Noodle Tree, and will continue the investigation by applying the charges of abandonment or organic lethality to Mr. A.
Flowers and letters in memory of the baby were placed at the scene where the baby left.
The church that operates the baby box has announced that it will reinforce the facility by installing motion sensors around the box to prevent recurrence.
(Video coverage: Joo Yong-jin, video editing: Lee So-young, VJ: Kim Jong-gap)