The chilling case has generated a worldwide impact: a couple bought two suitcases at an online auction and, upon arriving home, discovered that inside the luggage were two dead bodies of children. In the case, which took place on August 11 in New Zealand, the mother of the minors was arrested for the crime, although she pleaded not guilty. According to the police, the children had been dead for several years inside the suitcases.

Now the 42-year-old alleged killer has been extradited from South Korea to New Zealand, where he will have to appear in court to answer the charges murder of two children whose remains were found in suitcases sold at auction.

New Zealand Police said on Tuesday that “three police officers traveled to South Korea to transfer the woman,” who arrived at Auckland airport in the afternoon and was taken to Manukau police station.

South Korea’s justice ministry said it had also provided New Zealand authorities with key evidence in the case.

“We hope that the truth in this case, which has received worldwide attention, will be examined in a rigorous and fair judicial process in New Zealand,” the ministry added in a statement.

The woman, a New Zealander of Korean descent, will have to testify in court, a New Zealand police spokesman told AFP, adding that sheHe will have to answer for two counts of murder.

South Korean police arrested the woman at the port of Ulsan in September, weeks after New Zealand authorities They found the remains of two children believed to have been between the ages of five and ten when they died.

Local press images then showed the woman, identified by the South Korean police with the surname Lee, leaving the Ulsan police station accompanied by policemen who covered her head with a coat.

When asked by reporters if she would confess to killing the children, the woman repeated “It wasn’t me”, as he was being led to a police vehicle. The bodies were found after a family bought a trailer full of items, including suitcases, at a derelict property auction in New Zealand.

New Zealand Police said the bodies may have spent years in storage, which complicates the investigation. Authorities have insisted the family who found the bodies were not connected to the killings and that they have been given support to deal with the trauma.

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Police have launched a homicide investigation after the remains were discovered in south Auckland on 11 August.

Earlier this month, Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua said the children were probably between the ages of 5 and 10 when they died. He said investigators believed they had been dead for three to four years and the cause of death was unknown.