(LEAD) Arrest warrants issued for couple over killing mother, abandoning body

▲ This photo provided by a reader on April 1, 2026, shows a man dragging a suitcase containing his mother-in-law's body and his wife following behind in the southeastern city of Daegu on March 18. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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(LEAD) Arrest warrants issued for couple over killing mother, abandoning body

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DAEGU, April 2 (Yonhap) -- A local court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for a woman in her 20s and her husband on charges of murdering her mother and abandoning the body.

Following a hearing earlier in the day, the Daegu District Court granted the warrants, citing concerns that the suspects could flee.

The husband, also in his 20s, is accused of beating his mother-in-law in her 50s to death with his hands and feet at his officetel in central Daegu, 250 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on March 18.

The couple are suspected of placing the victim's body in a suitcase and abandoning it in the city's Sincheon Stream.

The couple were detained Tuesday after confessing to abandoning the body.

The husband told police later that he committed the crime because his mother-in-law, who was living with the couple, was usually noisy and did not organize her belongings.

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