New Zealand 'suitcase murder': Mum found guilty of killing her two children

Hakyung Lee, 44, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

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Hakyung Lee, 44, was convicted of murder at Auckland High Court on Tuesday, after a trial that lasted about two weeks. She had pleaded not guilty.

Lee's lawyers argued that she was insane at the time of the killing, which happened months after her husband died of cancer. But prosecutors argued that her actions were calculated.

The remains of her children were discovered in 2022 by a family who had purchased the contents of an abandoned storage unit at an auction in Auckland.

The bodies were believed to have been stored there for several years.