Mug shots of murder suspect Myeong Jae-wan released by the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency, March 12 / YonhapMug shots of murder suspect Myeong Jae-wan released by the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency, March 12 / Yonhap
Prosecutors on Thursday indicted a teacher accused of stabbing an 8-year-old student to death at an elementary school in the central city of Daejeon last month.
The Daejeon District Prosecutors Office said Myeong Jae-wan, 48, was indicted with physical detention on charges of kidnapping and trading for gain, among others.
Myung is accused of fatally stabbing the first-grade girl in an empty classroom at an elementary school on Feb. 10.
She was hospitalized for over 20 days due to self-inflicted injury, and was taken into custody earlier this month following the court's issuance of an arrest warrant for her.
Prosecutors defined the case as an "abnormal motive crime," in which the perpetrator brutally murdered the elementary school girl, who is weaker than herself, in order to resolve her resentment, which accumulated from conflicts within her family and her inability to adapt well at work.
The suspect commonly had fear of being abandoned and had difficulty controlling her emotions, according to prosecutors.
Meanwhile, police decided to disclose the mug shot and personal information of the suspect on its website, citing the gravity of the crime. (Yonhap)
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