Filipina detained over alleged killing of USFK member's child

By Lee Hae-rin

Korea Times file

A woman of Philippine nationality has been detained for allegedly beating to death the three-year-old son of her acquaintance from the United States Forces in Korea (USFK).

The Pyeongtaek Police said, Monday, that they had detained the 30-year-old suspect and are investigating the case.

According to the police, she and the USFK service member knew one another, and the latter had asked the woman to briefly mind his two sons ― seven and three years old.

She is accused of beating the younger boy to death in her room, provided by a bar where she was employed, at around 7:30 a.m., Sunday. The older child was not harmed.

The bar owner discovered the victim around 8 a.m. and reported it to the police.

The police then began to search for the suspect, but she had been taken into custody at a precinct station nearby as police had received reports of the woman roaming the streets naked.

During the initial questioning, the suspect confessed to the assault against the boy but responded incoherently when questioned further.

The police stated that they will request the National Forensic Service to conduct an autopsy of the victim to determine the exact cause of death and will request the prosecution to seek an arrest warrant for the suspect.