Two-month-old baby girl dies with bruises... Gyeonggi Southern District Office investigates father on suspicion of murder (comprehensive)

(Osan = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Ji-won = A man in his 40s who was arrested by the police on suspicion of murdering his 2-month-old child is being investigated by the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency.

Osan Police Station in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 11th that it had urgently arrested Mr. A on suspicion of murder.

Mr. A is accused of causing the death of his 2-month-old child, Miss B.

Initially, the police were dispatched at around 3:47 a.m. on this day after receiving a 112 call from a house in Seo-dong, Osan-si, saying, “The 2-month-old child is not breathing.”

Ms. B, who was found at the scene, was transported to a nearby hospital by the 119 ambulance, but died during treatment.

The police found traces of trauma, such as bruises, on Ms. B's body and determined that there was a possibility of a crime and began an investigation.

During this process, the police confirmed that Mr. A, who was also taken to the hospital, had deleted some of the home camera video installed inside his home, and urgently arrested him on charges of murder.

At that time, it was discovered that Mr. A used his cell phone to remotely delete the home cam video recorded that morning after Ms. B was pronounced dead.

The police plan to request an autopsy of the baby's body from the National Institute of Forensic Science to determine the exact cause of death.

In addition, the police plan to transfer this case to the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency Women's Safety Department, a higher organization. Typically, in cases where the victim is under the age of 10, a higher-level agency investigates.

The police are also planning to review whether to file child abuse charges against Mr. A.

It has been confirmed that there has been no history of child abuse reported to the police regarding Ms. B to date.

A police official said, "We urgently arrested Mr. A after comprehensively considering the fact that bruises were found on the baby's body at the hospital and the circumstances of the deletion of the home cam video," and added, "We are currently investigating the exact circumstances of the incident with the suspect couple."