This case has finally reached the French news. Here’s a translation of an article, the first I saw about the subject, in Le Figaro. I could provide a summary and a bunch of links, but since the Marmot has everything…

As an aside, I have now their address and phone number – since France’s Yellow pages are quite efficient… Even got a satellite photo of their village

South Korea suspects two French citizens of infanticide

JUSTICE
Two newborns discovered in Seoul in a freezer at French expats home

This case has been puzzling Seoul’s police for three weeks already. And now it is embarrassing the French justice system, which has received a description of the two people through diplomatic services. Recently, South Korean authorities have communicated to the Tours DA the identity of two French citizens, who currently reside in a village in Indre-Et-Loire [150 miles south of Paris]. The man, aged 40, and his wife, are sought for by Seoul’s police in relation with an investigation after deux newborns were found at their place of residence in Sorae village, the French community in Seoul. We have requested to France to request their current whereabouts, in order to persuade them to return to Seoul as soon as possible, and provide us with an explanation, the Korean Embassy in France said.

The work of the detectives started on July 18, when a French expatriate, who’d just come back to Seoul, reported a macabre discovery. He explained that he found that morning two newborns, parts of the umbilical cord still attached, wrapped in plastic bags, in a freezer, situated on his veranda.

DNA tests positive
According to The Korea Times, the man was unable to explain to the police the presence of these babies in his home — and denied any relationship with them. Released on July 26, he was then allowed to go back to France and resume his vacation. while the investigation went on. That was until a new element stirred things.
Last week, a series of DNA tests done at the National Institute for Scientifical Investigation established that the man was indeed the father of these babies — which appear not to be twins. It would also appear that they have been dead for over a year. These new elements led the Korean police to ask the French Embassy in Seoul to convince the couple to come back to Seoul to answer more questions. But this time, the French couple stated that they would only go back at the end of their holidays, end of August.
Korean authorities have tried repeatedly to convince the French couple, hoping they could speed up the investigation. They demand to bring in the French woman as a suspect. French judges, meanwhile, play for time. Orléans’ DA explains that We haven’t received so far any request for judicial help. Nothing indicates that charges have been brought against these people. However, should charges be brought up, and the French couple refused to return to Korea, French judges could declare themselves competent to try this case. While France and Korea have signed in 1995 a mutual judicial assistance treaty, Paris doesn’t make it a habbit to extradite its citizens.

Korea, Courjault, Frozen Babies

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