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Kids stay in apartment after mom dies drunk


http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2894021
August 23, 2008
A housewife living with her two young daughters away from her husband due to a family dispute died after a heavy round of drinking, but the children stayed in her studio apartment for four days without knowing she was dead.

According to the Gangneung Police Station, Gangwon, the housewife, only identified as Ms. Choi, 36, was found dead in Gyo-dong by her neighbor, Kim, at 4:40 p.m. Thursday.

Choi�s three- and six-year-old daughters were also in the studio. Twenty bottles of soju and beer were scattered throughout the room.

Kim notified the police.

�Choi�s older sister called me and said, �I cannot contact my sister and please check on her,� so I went to the room,� Kim said. �The room had a rotting smell. Then I found the children.�

Police said Choi�s hungry daughters were eating raw corn when they were found but were otherwise healthy. They were taken by their father on the same day.

�Choi seems to have been dead for four days judging by the degree of decomposition,� police said. �Because she fell asleep while drunk, the children didn�t seem to know that their mother had died.�

Choi was last heard from after she had ordered a roasted chicken last Sunday. Given that there were no signs of forced entry and that Choi had a history of excessive drinking, police said she likely died of alcoholism.

Police have asked the National Institute of Scientific Investigation to perform an autopsy.


By Lee Chan-ho JoongAng Ilbo [[email protected]]

[bassexpander]

They didn't even investigate fan death?

Some investigation.