Minu Jo

Between June and July 2018, Ms Lee is alleged to have murdered her two children by giving them an overdose of her prescription medicine. She allegedly hid the bodies in suitcases which were stored along with her other property in a storage garage. Ms Lee changed her name and flew to South Korea in July 2018, remaining there until 2022. Ms Lee made a number of suicide attempts and in between March and July 2022 was admitted to a mental health facility in South Korea for self-harm reasons. On 11 August 2022, the children’s remains were located in suitcases that had been stored in the New Zealand storage facility. An arrest warrant was issued on 22 August 2022 and Ms Lee was extradited to New Zealand in November 2022. She had previously lived in New Zealand and had New Zealand citizenship with her husband. Her husband died of cancer in November 2017, when Ms Lee became the sole caregiver of their two children. Source: https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/assets/Professional-practice-docs/Cas...