Mistakenly Believing Her Birthday Seaweed Soup Was Poisoned, Daughter in Her 40s Indicted for Killing Her Mother in Gangseo-gu

[Financial News] A woman in her 40s suspected of killing her biological mother, who was in her 60s, in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, has been sent to trial while in custody.
According to legal sources on the 13th, Criminal Division 2 of the Seoul Southern District Prosecution Office indicted Ms. Park, a woman in her 40s, on parricide charges while she was in custody that day.
Ms. Park is suspected of stabbing her biological mother, who was in her 60s, to death at her home in Ujangsan-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, on the morning of the 22nd of last month.
According to the prosecution office, investigators found that Ms. Park committed the crime after believing that the victim was trying to feed her poisoned food when she made seaweed soup for Ms. Park's birthday.
Police responded to Ms. Park's own report at around 8:15 a.m. on the day of the crime and placed her under emergency arrest at the scene at around 8:40 a.m. When she first called to report the incident, Ms. Park said, “I did something bad to my stepmother,” so she was initially arrested on suspicion of murder. The charge was later changed to parricide after it was confirmed that Ms. Park and the victim were biological mother and daughter.
Ms. Park's daughter also made an additional report from elsewhere, saying, “Mom is saying strange things, and Grandma isn't answering the phone.”
At the time of the incident, only Ms. Park and the victim were at home; four family members were understood to live there normally.
Police also obtained a statement from the bereaved family that Ms. Park had sometimes expressed negative feelings toward the victim, such as telling her to leave or swearing at her.
Seoul Southern District Court issued an arrest warrant for Ms. Park on the 24th of last month, citing a risk that she might flee.
A prosecution office official said, “While doing everything possible to pursue the case against the defendant, we will help the victim's family recover by providing support such as living expenses, psychological counseling and housing costs.”
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