A 28-month-old girl buried alive in a hillside: The Shihwa mass burial murder mystery [Geu-al]

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'What is the Truth' will delve into a mass burial murder case that has come to light after six years.

According to SBS on the 19th, SBS's 'What is the Truth' is scheduled to air an episode titled 'And There Were No Children - The Shihwa Mass Burial Murder Mystery' on the 20th.

The following is the full broadcast preview released by SBS

The Disappeared Child and the Fugitive

On March 16, a teacher at an elementary school in Shihwa filed a report with emergency services (112). The new student, who had attended school with their mother the day after the enrollment ceremony and submitted an application for a week-long experiential learning program, had not returned to school after the program ended and was marked as an unexcused absence. Furthermore, the mother, who was the legal guardian, could not be reached.

Police quickly began searching for the elementary school student, but no one was found at the home. The biological mother's mobile phone was discovered in the emergency stairwell of an apartment building. CCTV footage revealed that the mother had fled with an unidentified man to a nearby motel. Why did she evade contact from the school and police and hide in this location?

Confessions from the Arrested Mother and Accomplice

When police arrived, a man who calmly opened the door was identified as her former boyfriend, Mr. Im. When police questioned the mother, Ms. Kim, about the whereabouts of her nine-year-old daughter, she claimed she did not know. Ms. Kim was urgently arrested on charges of child abuse, and Mr. Im was also taken into custody.

"The mother's initial statement was that she had given the child up for adoption because it was too difficult to raise. However, the accomplice later confessed." - Investigative official

During the initial police investigation, Ms. Kim claimed she had left the child with a female relative. Later, she stated she had given the child up for adoption. However, Mr. Im, her former boyfriend who was being interrogated separately, unexpectedly revealed something shocking: he confessed that he had abandoned the child, who was already deceased, in a hillside area.

The Truth of a Death Concealed for Six Years

After searching the hillside identified by Mr. Im, the body of a child wrapped in a blanket and sealed inside a black garbage bag was discovered buried underground. However, the remains found at the scene were not those of the nine-year-old elementary school student who had attended school with her mother two weeks prior, but rather the skeleton of Ga-on (pseudonym), a 28-month-old girl.

"I think I loved her so much that I wanted to protect Ms. Kim and keep her alive." - Excerpt from a conversation with Mr. Im

Six years ago, Ms. Kim claimed that Ga-on, who was 28 months old at the time, died of suffocation after her blanket became wrapped around her while she was playing alone. Is Mr. Im's claim true—that he abandoned the body out of deep love for Ms. Kim? Who was the nine-year-old child who enrolled in elementary school under Ga-on's name? And why did no one realize Ga-on had died for six years?

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