A woman in her 30s and her six-month-old son were found dead at a home in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, with what appears to be a suicide note apologizing for the child having a rare medical condition.
Their bodies were found inside a residential building in Sinhyeon-dong, around 28 kilometers southeast of Seoul, at approximately 9:55 p.m. on Sunday, according to the Gwangju Police Station. The husband reported the incident to the police, who are investigating.
The husband told police that he was woken by their daughter in the morning and found the two dead.
In what appears to be a suicide note on her phone, the woman left a memo saying "I'm sorry (to the baby) for not giving (him) a healthy body."
It was reported that the child suffered from a congenital disease that causes the muscles to stiffen immediately after birth.
Police are considering the possibility that the woman killed the baby and herself, and have requested an autopsy of the victims from the National Forensic Service.
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