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.
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- Published Date: 12:52 | 26 November 2025
- Modified Date: 12:53 | 26 November 2025
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".
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