Arrest warrant hearing held for man accused of murdering estranged wife in front of daughter
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- A South Korean court held an arrest warrant hearing on Thursday for a public servant in his 30s accused of stabbing his estranged wife to death outside her home in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, in front of their young daughter.
- The couple was undergoing divorce proceedings, and the wife had been living apart under a court-ordered protection order due to the husband's history of domestic violence.
- Police said he located her using her address on divorce papers.
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The couple was undergoing divorce proceedings, and the wife had been living apart from her husband under a court-ordered protection order due to his history of domestic violence.
SEONGNAM, South Korea, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- A court on Thursday held an arrest warrant hearing for a man accused of murdering his estranged wife in front of their young daughter.
The suspect, a public servant in his 30s, was apprehended Tuesday after allegedly stabbing his wife, also in her 30s, outside her home in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. The two had been undergoing divorce proceedings and the man feared he would be at a disadvantage, investigators said.
The Suwon District Court's Seongnam branch held the hearing at 11 a.m. and was expected to decide later Thursday whether to issue the warrant.
According to the police, the wife had been living apart from her husband under a court-ordered protection order due to his history of domestic violence, but he tracked her down using her address listed on divorce papers.
The warrant request listed charges of murder and child abuse.
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The court will issue an arrest warrant for the suspect.
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Open Questions
- What was the outcome of the arrest warrant hearing?
- Has the suspect been formally charged following the hearing?
- What is the current status and well-being of the young daughter who witnessed the incident?
