Wife Found Vomiting, Husband Dead in Room: The Truth Revealed in Chinese Restaurant CCTV

Police have referred a woman in her 50s to the prosecution under arrest for poisoning her husband to death while feeling pessimistic about life, partly due to the earlier passing of their daughter.

The Gyeonggi Bundang Police Station announced yesterday (July 8) that it had referred the woman, identified as A, to the prosecution on June 22 on charges of murder.

A is accused of mixing a chemical substance into her 60-year-old husband B's food at a Chinese restaurant in Bundang-gu, Seongnam, on the afternoon of May 20, causing his death.

Investigations revealed that A arrived at the Chinese restaurant, located in the same building as the goshiwon (a small, low-cost residential facility) where the couple lived, and ordered food. Before her husband B arrived, she secretly mixed a chemical substance she had brought with her into the food, and they ate together.

After the meal, the couple returned to their goshiwon room. The following morning at 8:40 a.m., a neighbor discovered A coming out of the room while vomiting and reported the situation to fire authorities and the police.

A was transported to a hospital for treatment, while her husband B was found dead inside the room.

A suicide note written by A was found in the room, expressing her feelings of remorse over the death of their daughter, who had passed away earlier, and her pessimism about her own life.

Investigations showed that A, who lost her daughter to cancer several years ago, had been in an unstable psychological state and frequently told her husband B, "Let's die together."

Initially, based on A's statement that "I suggested we die together, and my husband agreed," police considered charging her with aiding and abetting suicide.

Furthermore, considering her mental state, police had A admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

However, the full extent of the crime was revealed during further investigations.

After police confirmed through CCTV footage from the restaurant that A had secretly mixed the chemical into her husband's food, they questioned her, and she confessed to the murder, stating, "I committed the crime without my husband's consent."

A police official stated, "The court decided to issue an arrest warrant because there is a risk that A might attempt suicide again and her residence is unstable," adding, "It is difficult to disclose specific details such as the type of chemical used or the amount consumed by each person."

(Photo: Provided by Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, Yonhap News)
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