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A Korean-born New Zealander might be the mother of the two children between the ages of 5 and 10 who turned up dead in suitcases auctioned off as part of an abandoned storage unit sale, say authorities.
The woman, who has not been publicly named but who may soon be the subject of an Interpol arrest warrant, is thought to have entered South Korea in 2018, likely around the time the bodies of the two kids were stuffed into the suitcases.
New Zealand police used a variety of investigative tools, including DNA and historic video surveillance footage, to identify the woman who they say is the right age and had an address in New Zealand that points to her being the dead children’s mother.