{"id":58384,"date":"2025-11-26T19:02:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mother-who-murdered-her-2-children-and-left-them-in-suitcases-sentenced-to-prison-in-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:02:36","slug":"mother-who-murdered-her-2-children-and-left-them-in-suitcases-sentenced-to-prison-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mother-who-murdered-her-2-children-and-left-them-in-suitcases-sentenced-to-prison-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother who murdered her 2 children and left them in suitcases sentenced to prison in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A woman in New Zealand who was convicted of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-zealand-hakyung-lee-convicted-murder-children-bodies-in-suitcases\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">murdering her two children<\/a><\/span> and leaving their <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hakyung-lee-trial-childrens-bodies-suitcases\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">bodies in suitcases<\/a><\/span> for years before they were discovered will spend at least 17 years in prison, a judge ruled Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Geoffrey Venning told <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/woman-admits-killing-children-suitcases-new-zealand-prosecutor-says\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hakyung Lee<\/a><\/span> at the High Court hearing in the city of Auckland that she would begin her sentence as a patient in a locked psychiatric facility, under New Zealand&#8217;s compulsory mental health treatment law. Lee must return to prison when she is well enough, the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You could not cope when [your husband] became seriously unwell, and perhaps you could not bear to have the children around you as a constant reminder of your former happy life, which had been cruelly taken from you,&#8221; the judge said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp84xed0g18o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to BBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A jury in September found Lee guilty of the murders of Minu Jo, 6, and Yuna Jo, 8, rejecting a defense of insanity. Her lawyers on Wednesday argued for a reduced sentence because of her mental illness, saying their client felt shame for her crimes and had been isolated and threatened in jail.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/12\/9ac0fbb4-03ac-49cd-b14f-10534bb75f05\/thumbnail\/620x414\/eff948c69160c082ff95e3705cc7886b\/ap25251081755049.jpg#\" alt=\"New Zealand South Korea Murder Trial \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/12\/9ac0fbb4-03ac-49cd-b14f-10534bb75f05\/thumbnail\/620x414\/eff948c69160c082ff95e3705cc7886b\/ap25251081755049.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/12\/9ac0fbb4-03ac-49cd-b14f-10534bb75f05\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/16a7e6343ec1a3fb6e4a9231458a4b75\/ap25251081755049.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Hakyung Lee stands in the dock at the High Court in Auckland, New Zealand, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Lawrence Smith \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the judge told Lee that while she was undoubtedly experiencing severe depression when she <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/two-children-found-dead-suitcases-identified-new-zealand\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed the children<\/a><\/span> in 2018, her actions were deliberate and calculated, the news outlet Stuff reported. In New Zealand, a successful insanity defense requires a murder defendant to prove they were incapable of understanding what they were doing or that it was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The children&#8217;s remains were discovered after Lee stopped paying rental fees for an Auckland <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/human-remains-in-suitcase-storage-facility-auction-new-zealand\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">storage unit<\/a><\/span> when she ran into financial difficulties in 2022. The locker&#8217;s contents were auctioned online and the buyers found the bodies inside.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/children-bodies-suitcases-south-korea-woman-extradition-review-new-zealand\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Lee fled to South Korea<\/a><\/span> after the killings, where she changed her name, before being extradited to face trial. She is a New Zealand citizen who was born in South Korea and went by the name Ji Eun Lee previously.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, Lee&#8217;s lawyers conceded that Lee had killed the children by giving them an antidepressant medication, but attorney Lorraine Smith said the deaths happened after her client &#8220;descended into madness,&#8221; local news outlets reported. Lee had always been &#8220;fragile,&#8221; said Smith, but her mental illness became worse after her husband&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If she wanted to die, why didn&#8217;t she die alone? Why did she take the innocent children with her?&#8221; Lee&#8217;s mother wrote in a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp84xed0g18o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC News reported<\/a>, citing New Zealand media reports.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, a palliative care counselor said in a statement read to the court that Lee had said she &#8220;wanted it all to be over&#8221; and often mentioned ending both her and her husband&#8217;s life, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-09-12\/week-one-trial-hakyung-lee-case\/105757948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australian national broadcaster ABC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those convicted of murder in New Zealand automatically receive a life sentence, with judges setting a minimum period of at least 10 years before the defendant can apply for parole. Lee must serve at least 17 years, Justice Venning ruled.<\/p>\n<p>The children&#8217;s uncle, Jimmy Sei Wook Jo, was in court, where a lawyer read a statement on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never imagined such a profound tragedy would ever befall our family,&#8221; the statement said, according to local news outlets. &#8220;I feel like I failed to look after my niece and nephew.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A prosecutor read out a statement by Lee&#8217;s mother, Choon Ja Lee, who spoke of her devastation at learning what had happened to the children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It felt like a pain that cut through my bones, or as if someone was gouging out my chest,&#8221; her statement said, according to local news reports. &#8220;I do not know when this pain and suffering might heal, but I often think I may carry it with me until the day I die.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After Wednesday&#8217;s hearing, New Zealand&#8217;s police acknowledged authorities in South Korea for their help with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yuna and Minu would have been 16 and 13 today,&#8221; Det. Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Va&#8217;aelua said in a statement. &#8220;Our thoughts are with the wider family today for the tragic loss of these two young children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/08\/22\/d431d82e-94e8-4b57-aabe-449dc45723b5\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c7212a6cbb9ca359f51c333c94e8aafb\/2022-08-19t020455z-2140446960-rc2ezv9e0ab0-rtrmadp-3-newzealand-crime.jpg#\" alt=\"Bodies of two children found in suitcases bought at auction in New Zealand \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/08\/22\/d431d82e-94e8-4b57-aabe-449dc45723b5\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c7212a6cbb9ca359f51c333c94e8aafb\/2022-08-19t020455z-2140446960-rc2ezv9e0ab0-rtrmadp-3-newzealand-crime.jpg 1x, 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