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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Michael Toledo

'Suitcase Murders' Case Ends With Life Sentence for Mother Who Drugged and Killed Two Children

Woman with two suitcases (Credit: Eminent Luggage/Pexels)

A woman who murdered her two young children and hid their bodies in suitcases stored inside a rented Auckland facility has been sentenced to life imprisonment in New Zealand.

Hakyung Lee, a New Zealand citizen originally from South Korea, received a minimum non-parole period of 17 years after a High Court judge ruled that she had taken the lives of two 'particularly vulnerable' children and had attempted to leave the country without being held accountable.

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