US EditionA New Zealand Woman Is Convicted of Murdering Her 2 Children and Leaving Their Bodies in Suitcases
Jury rejected insanity defense after two hours, finding Lee acted knowingly to kill her children and conceal their bodies in suitcases for four years, prosecutors said it was a calculated act.
- A New Zealand woman named Hakyung Lee was convicted of murdering her two children, Yuna Jo and Minu Jo, and hiding their bodies in suitcases for years, as confirmed by the Auckland High Court jury.
- The children were found in a storage unit in Auckland in 2022, having been deceased for three to four years before their remains were discovered.
- Lee admitted to killing her children in June 2018 and claimed she suffered from mental illness, but the jury rejected her insanity defense after deliberating for just two hours.
- Lee faces a maximum life sentence with a non-parole period of at least ten years, with sentencing scheduled for November 26.
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der Standard DEIn 2018, a woman murdered her children in New Zealand. They were not discovered until 2022 as a result of a forced auction.
Seven years after committing a double infanticide that shook New Zealand, Hakyung Lee, a woman of South Korean origin, was convicted on September 23, 2025 for the murder of her two six- and eight-year-old children.The events occurred in 2018, when the mother administered a drug overdose to minors and then hid their bodies in suitcases, which remained hidden until they were discovered four years later during an online auction.After the crime, Lee…
A New Zealand woman who killed her children and hid the bodies in suitcases has been found guilty of murder.
He Killed His Two Sons and Hid Them in Suitcases: the Bodies Remained Hidden in a Trunk for 4 Years.
Hakyung Lee was convicted in New Zealand. 8- and 6-year-olds were drugged and killed.
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