Mother found guilty of murdering children found in suitcases

Tuesday 23 September 2025 · 8 outlets · 9 reports · updated Tue 23 Sep 2025, 6:30pm

Hakyung Lee has been found guilty of murdering her two children, aged six and eight, in 2018. Their remains were discovered in suitcases at an Auckland storage unit in 2022 after a couple won an auction. The trial concluded following a two-week jury deliberation in the High Court at Auckland.

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1. StuffTue 23 Sep 2025, 10:46am

   Murder or insanity? Jury retire to deliberate verdicts in suitcase trial (opens in new tab)

   • Behind the smiling family photo: How a mother murdered her children (opens in new tab) Tue 23 Sep 2025, 6:30pm
2. NZ HeraldTue 23 Sep 2025, 11:04am

   Hakyung Lee suitcase double-murder trial: Jury begins deliberations over children’s deaths (opens in new tab)

   • Hakyung Lee suitcase double-murder trial: Mother found guilty of killing her children (opens in new tab) Tue 23 Sep 2025, 2:07pm
   • Suitcase murder trial: Auckland mum Hakyung Lee guilty of killing children (opens in new tab) Tue 23 Sep 2025, 3:00pm
3. Otago Daily TimesTue 23 Sep 2025, 11:59am

   Mother found guilty in suitcase murder trial (opens in new tab)

4. RNZTue 23 Sep 2025, 12:00pm

   Jury begins deliberations in suitcase murders trial (opens in new tab)

5. 1NewsTue 23 Sep 2025, 2:10pm

   Mother found guilty of murder after bodies of children found in suitcases (opens in new tab)

6. The Post via RNZTue 23 Sep 2025, 3:12pm

   Mother Hakyung Lee found guilty of murdering two children found in suitcases (opens in new tab)

   Also on RNZ (opens in new tab), Waikato Times (opens in new tab), The Press (opens in new tab)