True crime (17) The girl who wasn't her mother's

The Korea Herald · Park Jun-hee · 2026-11-05 00:00 UTC

Few cases unravel so completely that even the most basic questions — who was the victim and what was their relation to the perpetrator — become mysteries. In

In 2021, a 3-year-old girl died of starvation in Gumi after being abandoned by her mother. Months later, DNA tests revealed a shocking family secret

Few cases unravel so completely that even the most basic questions — who was the victim and what was their relation to the perpetrator — become mysteries.

In 2021, a 3-year-old girl was found dead inside a home in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province. She had been dead for so long that her body was described as “mummified.”

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