Woman found naked in broad daylight arrested for allegedly killing mother

A woman in her 50s was arrested on suspicion of killing her elderly mother after she was found wandering naked in broad daylight in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, police said Sunday.

According to the Seongnam Sujeong Police Station, the unidentified woman was taken into custody on Monday on charges of parricide.

She is accused of fatally stabbing her mother, a woman in her 80s, multiple times inside their home in Sujeong District.

Police said they received a report at 2:28 p.m. Sunday that a naked woman was walking through the streets. Officers located her and were helping her return home when they discovered her mother’s body in one of the rooms. The woman was arrested at the scene.

She confessed to the killing, saying that she committed the act because her mother had made life difficult for her, according to the police.

A police official said the victim appeared to have died recently, though the exact time of death had yet to be determined.

“We have not yet confirmed whether the suspect has any mental illness,” the official said. “She has been speaking incoherently about the motive, so the details remain unclear.”

Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the crime and plan to seek a formal arrest warrant.

This article from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.