Murdered: The Gumi Baby

The Final Trace of the Gumi BabyIn Gumi, a seemingly ordinary life held an unimaginable secret.In early 2021, police discovered the mummified remains of a 3-year-old girl—starved and forgotten—for approximately six months,—inside a Gumi apartment. She had been sleeping on a mattress amid dusty chaos and isolation. No one had reported her missing. In a chilling twist: the woman arrested initially—22-year-old Kim—was not the child’s biological mother. DNA testing revealed with 99.9999% certainty that the real mother was someone no one expected. In this episode, we unravel how a child’s death went entirely unseen—even by the people closest to her. No posters. No investigation. No outcry.Tagline: “Some disappearances aren’t loud. They’re forgotten.”Episode Title: The Final Trace of the Gumi Baby📚 Sources Used in This Episode 1. 📰 Yonhap News / K-VIBE – Police fail to uncover truth about mysterious disappearance of baby girl🔗 https://m.korean-vibe.com/news/newsview.php?ncode=179560802219678 2. 📰 Yonhap News / K-VIBE – Woman indicted over death of daughter, disappearance of granddaughter🔗 https://m.korean-vibe.com/news/newsview.php?ncode=179571901806054 3. 📰 KBS WORLD – Mother of Toddler Switched at Birth in Gumi Case Sentenced to 8 Years🔗 https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=163619 4. 📰 The Korea Times – “Grandmother” was real mother of 3-year-old found dead in empty house🔗 https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/03/251_305464.html