Overview
- High Court Judge Geoffrey Venning imposed life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years for Hakyung Lee.
- Prosecutors said Lee killed her children, Minu Jo and Yuna Jo, ages six and eight, using an overdose of prescription medication in 2018.
- The victims’ remains were discovered four years later after an unrelated family bought the abandoned storage unit’s contents in an online auction.
- Lee left New Zealand for South Korea after the killings and was later extradited to face trial in Auckland.
- The defense argued she was legally insane following her husband’s 2017 death, but the court found she understood her actions and worked to conceal the crimes.