Arrest Warrant Requested for Father in His 40s Accused of Beating 2-Month-Old Daughter to Death for Not Sleeping

The biological father, who allegedly beat his 2-month-old daughter to death, has admitted to the charges during police questioning, stating, "I committed the crime out of anger because the baby kept crying."

The Women and Youth Investigation Division of the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency announced today (October 12) that it plans to request an arrest warrant for A, a corporate employee in his 40s who was emergency-arrested on murder charges.

A is suspected of repeatedly punching his daughter, B, in the face at their home in Seodong, Osan, Gyeonggi Province, in the early hours of yesterday, resulting in her death.

Investigators found that A committed the crime out of frustration when the baby would not sleep and kept fussing while he was trying to sleep with her on the night of the incident.

Earlier, at around 3:40 AM yesterday, police were dispatched after receiving a 112 emergency report stating, "The baby is not breathing."

B was rushed to the hospital in cardiac arrest and died while receiving treatment.

Police discovered external injuries, including bruises, on B's body. They also captured circumstances indicating that A remotely deleted home camera footage from inside his home using his smartphone immediately after the hospital pronounced B dead, leading to his emergency arrest.

Investigations showed that A's wife, who was sleeping in another room at the time of the crime, did not participate in the incident and was unaware of the abuse.

There was no prior history of child abuse reports filed with the police regarding this household.

Police plan to attempt data recovery on the seized home camera memory (SD) card through digital forensics, while also determining the exact cause of death and investigating any potential prior abuse through an autopsy by the National Forensic Service.

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