A 30-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday for allegedly strangling her toddler to death, police said.
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The woman, identified only by her surname Kim, called the police a day earlier to report that her husband beat their two-year-old son to death, according to Yang Hui-seong, chief crime investigator at Gumi Police Station.
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However, she later admitted she tried to kill herself and the baby “because of stress from family discord.”
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She has lived separately from her husband since November, police said.
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Police plan to carry out an autopsy to determine the exact cause of the baby’s death. (Yonhap)