Overview

• The Auckland High Court jury returned guilty verdicts on two counts of murder after roughly two to three hours of deliberation.
• Lee had admitted giving her children the antidepressant nortriptyline in 2018 and placing their bodies in suitcases but claimed she was insane after her husband’s 2017 death.
• Prosecutors pointed to post‑offence behavior — including a name change, storage‑unit activity, cleaning and vacating her home, and a flight to South Korea — as proof she knew her actions were wrong.
• The children’s remains were discovered in August 2022 by buyers of an Auckland storage unit, leading to Lee’s extradition from South Korea in November 2022.
• Justice Geoffrey Venning remanded Lee in custody for sentencing on 26 November, with murder carrying a mandatory life term and a minimum non‑parole period of at least 10 years; mental‑health reports were requested.