"'Gumi Girl' Sister's Ex-Husband: 'Mr. Kim is a Heinous Devil and Murderer... Please Punish Severely'"

Kim Mo, who was revealed to be the sister, not the biological mother, of the deceased 3-year-old girl in the Gumi case, is getting out of a transport vehicle to attend the first trial held on the 9th at the Gimcheon branch of Daegu District Court.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] The ex-husband of Kim Mo (22), who was initially known as the mother of the 3-year-old girl who died in Gumi but was revealed to be her older sister through DNA testing, has posted a petition on the Blue House National Petition Board demanding severe punishment for Kim.

The author, A, who identified himself as Kim's ex-husband, posted a message titled "I demand severe punishment for Gumi's Kim OO who abandoned my daughter in a trash house and ran away" on the Blue House National Petition Board on the 12th.

A said, "After watching SBS's 'Unanswered Questions,' I cannot suppress my anger," adding, "Even when motel receipts were found in my ex-wife's bag, I endured it for the sake of the child, and when I found 30 pregnancy tests in the shoe rack, I forgave her. Because I did not want the beloved child to grow up without a father or mother like me," he began.

He continued, "On the day 30 pregnancy tests were found, when I confronted her, Kim left the house and did not come back all night. I waited sleeplessly, believing this time would eventually pass," he said. "But the next day, Kim came back and said, 'There is a man. That person also knows about the child,'" he added.

A said he later asked Kim to take care of the child temporarily until he could support the child financially, and claimed that after leaving the house, he suffered from depression and social phobia for about two months.

A person claiming to be Kim Mo (22)'s ex-husband, who was revealed as the older sister of the 3-year-old girl who died in Gumi, posted a petition on the Blue House National Petition Board urging strict punishment for Kim. /Photo by Blue House National Petition Board capture

A, who identified himself as Kim's ex-husband, posted an article titled "I request strict punishment for Gumi's Kim OO, who abandoned my daughter in a trash-filled house and ran away" on the Blue House National Petition Board on the 12th.

A said, "Even when I said I wanted to visit the child once, there was no response. The following year, I was barely able to visit once or twice," adding, "My in-laws took care of the child, and the new man cherished her, so she was doing well without me. I felt like I no longer had a place."

He continued, "Through the broadcast, I realized that no one cared for the child at that time. From around April last year, Kim left the child at home and stayed at the new man's house," he said. "In August, when rainy and sweltering hot days passed, the child must have been lying alone in a foul-smelling house, soiling the blanket with feces and urine, clutching a hungry stomach. It feels like my intestines are tearing apart," he expressed his anger.

He added, "Kim is a devil and a murderer of the highest order. How could she leave a child, more delicate than flower petals, alone for hundreds of days to spend time with a new man? How can a human do such a thing?" He appealed for support to ensure Kim receives the appropriate punishment.

Meanwhile, Kim, who was arrested and indicted on four charges including murder, the Child Welfare Act, the Child Allowance Act, and the Infant Care Act, admitted all the prosecution's charges at the first trial held on the 9th.

Originally, Kim was known as the biological mother of the deceased 3-year-old child, but DNA tests by the National Forensic Service and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office revealed that they were sisters. The biological mother of the deceased child was identified as Kim's mother, Seok Mo.

However, Seok strongly denies, saying, "I have never given birth to a child." The police are investigating on the suspicion that Seok swapped the child she gave birth to with Kim's child, who was born around the same time, and are also tracking the missing child born to Kim.