I want to know that' Tracking the abuse death of his stepson in Iksan on the 4th

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SBS's "I Want to Know That" will track the secrets of the abuse death of Iksan's stepson through the broadcast at 11:10 p.m. on the 4th.

The incident took place at a hospital in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, at 7 p.m. on January 31, 2025. A man entered the emergency room with his 14-year-old stepson unconscious, but the child died after more than 50 minutes of CPR.

Bruises and wounds were found throughout the body of the deceased Kim So-mang (pseudonym). After receiving a report of suspected abuse, the police rushed to the scene and arrested a man in his 40s, his guardian. He was stepfather who remarried eight years ago with Somang's biological mother. The stepfather Oh said, "The first feeling I got was like watching Mowgli in The Jungle Book." He confessed that he hit his brother because he couldn't hold back his anger while trying to break his brother's habit, noting that the children's condition was serious.

An autopsy revealed that Somang-i died of a hypovolemic shock caused by organ rupture and bleeding. The prosecution indicted the stepfather Oh on charges of child abuse and murder, believing that he stepped on the abdomen several times, and the first trial court sentenced him to 22 years in prison. However, the case took an unexpected turn as new evidence was presented at the appeals court.

In a conversation recorded by his stepfather's brother, his brother, Faith (pseudonym), said, "I hit him because I was angry while talking... I stepped on it to cure my habit..." In a police investigation, he stated that he stepped on Somang, but later reversed that he lied because he was worried about his mother. The second trial court identified his brother, Faith, as the real culprit for murdering Somang.

The stepfather Oh claimed that the reason why he admitted the crime in the first trial was to protect Faith. "I Want to Know That" will track the truth of the case based on evidence that will be released for the first time on the broadcast on the 4th.

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