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Mother sentenced to life in prison for New Zealand's 'suitcase murders'

A mother [named Hakyung Lee] who murdered her two children and hid them in suitcases inside a storage locker was handed a life sentence by a New Zealand court on Tuesday.

AFP WORLD
Published November 26,2025
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A mother who murdered her two children and stuffed them into suitcases stashed inside a storage locker was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment in New Zealand.

Hakyung Lee, a New Zealand citizen originally from South Korea, was earlier this year found guilty of killing her children in a grisly crime dubbed the country's "suitcase murders".