Arrest warrant dismissed for mother in her 40s on charges of 'abusing and killing her developmentally disabled son' (comprehensive)

Court "collects a significant amount of evidence"

(Cheonan = Yonhap News) Reporter Byun Sun-jin = The arrest warrant for a mother in her 40s accused of abusing her teenage son with severe developmental disabilities to death was dismissed.

On the 14th, Chief Judge Cho Young-jin, a judge on duty at the Cheonan branch of the Daejeon District Court, dismissed the arrest warrant for Mr. A (in his 40s), who was suspected of child abuse and death, after conducting a pre-arrest interrogation (substantial examination of the warrant).

Chief Judge Cho stated the reason for dismissal, saying, "Considering the fact that a significant amount of relevant evidence has been collected, it is difficult to acknowledge the reason for the arrest and its reasonableness."

Accordingly, Mr. A, who had been under emergency arrest, was released.

Mr. A is accused of abusing his son B (15) to death at an apartment in Dujeong-dong, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan on the 12th. He called 119 at 8:27 a.m., saying, “My son is not breathing,” and Mr. B was taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest, but died.

The dispatched paramedic found traces of binding on Person B's hands and feet and requested a joint response from the police, and the police urgently arrested Mr. A at the hospital around 10 a.m. on the same day.

Mr. A is known to have stated to the paramedic that "I tied his hands and feet to prevent his usual aggressive actions."

The police requested the National Institute of Forensic Science to perform an autopsy on Person B's body, and plan to investigate the exact circumstances of Mr. A's death without detention. We are also investigating whether other family members were abused.

Group B's family had no history of reporting child abuse, and was not included in the comprehensive child abuse investigation conducted by Cheonan City after the 'church child death' incident in August.

Mr. A appeared at the warrant substantive examination this afternoon and did not give any answer to the reporter's question, 'Do you admit to the charges?'