▲ Suspect A being transferred into police custody
A man in his 40s accused of fatally assaulting his two-month-old daughter has been arrested and transferred to the prosecutors' office on child abuse murder charges.
The Women and Youth Investigation Division of the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency transferred the suspect, a 40s office worker identified as A, to prosecutors on October 20 under charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes.
Exiting the holding cell at the Yongin Dongbu Police Station at around 8:54 a.m. today wearing a black cap and a mask, A answered "No, I didn't" when asked by reporters whether he had any intent to kill.
When asked if he deleted the home cam footage to hide the crime and if he had anything to say to his family, he repeatedly said only, "I am sorry."
Asked if he had any last words for his deceased daughter, he said, "Daddy is so sorry, I'm truly sorry," before boarding a transport vehicle.
A is accused of striking his two-month-old daughter, B, on the face and head about 10 times with both hands in the early hours of October 11 at their home in Seodong, Osan, Gyeonggi Province.
A stated that on the night of the crime, while sleeping with baby B, he became annoyed when the child would not sleep and kept crying, leading him to assault her.
During the investigation, police used digital forensics to recover the home cam footage from inside the residence, which A had remotely deleted via his smartphone immediately after the child was pronounced dead.
The recovered footage captured sounds presumed to be A striking the baby as well as B's crying sounds.
Police determined that A's wife, who was in another room at the time of the crime, did not participate and was unaware of the assault.
No circumstances indicating prior abuse or assault before the day of the incident were found.
Police were dispatched after receiving a 112 emergency report at around 3:47 a.m. on October 11 stating that the baby was not breathing.
Baby B, who was transported to the hospital in cardiac arrest, passed away during treatment.
Police discovered external injuries such as bruises on baby B's body and captured circumstances of the home cam footage deletion, leading them to emergency arrest A.
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