The apartment where the woman and her three daughters were killed. Yonhap.
A man, 42, has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife and three young daughters in Okcheon, North Chungcheong, police said Monday.
The bodies were found on Saturday. The man had tried, but failed, to kill himself, police said.
The wife’s sister found the bodies when she came to visit. She told police she had heard her sister and brother-in-law complain about their dire financial situation.
The daughters were aged 7, 9 and 10. Police said sleeping pills were scattered around the bodies.
The man’s kendo or Japanese sword-practicing center had been in financial difficulty recently after he reportedly borrowed 250 million won ($224,000) from private lenders.
He allegedly borrowed some of the money under the name of a student and had clashed with the student’s parents. [Korea Times]
