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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Eva Corlett and agencies

Mother in New Zealand’s ‘suitcase murders’ found guilty of killing her two children

Hakyung Lee stands in the dock at the High Court in Auckland, New Zealand on Monday 8 September, 2025.
Hakyung Lee – the accused in New Zealand’s ‘suitcase murders’ - stands in the dock at the High Court in Auckland on Monday 8 September 2025 Photograph: Lawrence Smith/AP

A mother accused of murdering her children and hiding their bodies in suitcases, in a case that has become known as New Zealand’s “suitcase murders”, has been found guilty by an Auckland court.

The bodies of Yuna Jo and Minu Jo, aged eight and six at the time of their deaths, were discovered inside suitcases bought at a storage unit auction in Auckland in August 2022. Authorities believed they had been dead for three to four years by the time their bodies were found.

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