Mother of two Children Found in New Zealand Suitcases is in South Korea: Seoul Police

Chilling clues could help solve the mystery of two children found rotting and crammed in cases that were bought at an auction in the style of Storage Wars.

A woman suspected to be the mother of two children whose deaths were discovered in a pair of suitcases acquired at auction earlier this month in Auckland, New Zealand by an unrelated family is reportedly in South Korea.

A police spokesman in Seoul told CNN that the woman, a citizen of New Zealand, entered the nation in 2018 and they have no record of her leaving. Her identity and current location remain unclear at this moment. Officials stated that they were collaborating with Interpol, but New Zealand police said that they could not confirm any facts at this time.

According to New Zealand police, the two children, who were between 5 and 10 years old when they died, have been deceased for three to four years.

Initial report:

The decomposing bodies may have been concealed for a number of years, according to the law enforcement officials, before a family in New Zealand discovered them while searching through the contents of an abandoned storage container.

Buyers are not permitted to inspect the unit’s contents before placing a bid on it, and an unknowing family brought what they purchased on a trailer with them when they left.

After opening a pair of bags that they had acquired through an online auction, a family in New Zealand found a horrific discovery inside the luggage.

Human remains were discovered within the cases on August 11, which prompted police to be called to a residence in the Manurewa neighborhood of South Auckland. On Thursday, August 18, Detective Inspector Tofilau Fa’amanuia Va’aelua had a press conference and provided an update, which he cautioned would be “very upsetting for the community to hear.”

“I can affirm we’re dealing with the bodies of two youngsters,” he added, adding that due to “challenges with how the bodies were presented” they could only estimate the two were 5-10. Post-mortems and formal identification are underway to determine where, when, and how they died. “We still have a lot of questions,” he said.

“Their bodies were concealed in two similar-sized luggage. The luggage, combined with a number of other unowned items, were purchased in an online auction,” said Va’aelua. “Initial evidence suggests that these children may have been deceased for several years prior to their discovery last week. We also suspect that these suitcases have been stored for a considerable amount of time.”

He responded that they assumed the youngsters had been at the storage facility for between three and four years when they were asked to explain how long they had been there.

Other things in the storage facility were characterized as “home items” and “personal items,” which are being utilized to identify the missing children.

The youngsters have not yet been named, and Vaaelua expressed sympathy for their family, who may be unaware of their passing.

Because of the nature of this discovery, there are several complications introduced into the research.

However, we continue to take this problem extremely seriously, and we are determined to hold accountable the individual or individuals responsible for the deaths of these children.

Both places have also undergone scene assessments.

We maintain that the inhabitants of the property on Moncrieff Avenue are unrelated to their deaths.

They have expressed a desire for solitude, as it is clear that the revelation has caused them great grief. We are taking steps to ensure that they have support available to them.

Police will continue to offer information as the investigation progresses, but as the community will understand, they cannot comment on many elements of the ongoing homicide investigation.

Anyone with concerns to express is encouraged to call the police.