New Zealand mother found guilty of murdering 2 children discovered in suitcases
Hakyung Lee, who was extradited from South Korea, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison
Hakyung Lee, 45, was extradited from Seoul in 2022 after the remains of her children were discovered in suitcases that had been left at a storage unit in south Auckland.
Authorities believe they had been dead for three to four years before their bodies were found.
The children, Yuna Jo and Minu Jo, were aged eight and six at the time of their deaths.
Lee’s lawyers had argued she was not guilty by reason of insanity and that the death of her husband in 2017 sent her into a depressive spiral.
But the prosecution had argued she knew what she was doing.
They also pointed to evidence that Lee had taken deliberate steps to distance herself from her past, including changing her name and cutting ties with her New Zealand life before returning to South Korea.