A seventh person has been arrested on murder charges in the death of a South Korean woman whose body was found decaying in a car trunk in suburban Atlanta.
Police arrested Mihee Lee, 54, on Wednesday. She’s the mother of three others already accused of murder in the death of 33-year-old Sehee Cho, Gwinnett County police said.
Investigators believe Cho traveled to the United States from South Korea in July to join a religious organization, known as Soldiers of Christ. The suspects referred to themselves as members of the group, investigators said.
Cho’s body was found Sept. 12, wrapped in a blanket in a car parked in Duluth.
GEORGIA AUTHORITIES ARREST 5 ADULTS, 1 TEENAGER AFTER BODY FOUND IN TRUNK OF CAR OUTSIDE SPA
A lawyer for another suspect, Eric Hyun, said he was actually a victim of the same kind of torture that Cho was subjected to. A judge released Hyun on $100,000 bail Wednesday.
Investigators said they believe Cho was held against her will for weeks in the basement of the Lee family’s Lawrenceville home, where Cho was beaten and denied food until her death. Mihee Lee limited the victim’s water intake and prevented her from leaving or seeking medical care while she underwent “religious training,” according to an arrest warrant.
Mihee Lee is charged with felony murder, false imprisonment, tampering with evidence, concealing the death of another and false statements or writings to the government.
Facing charges of felony murder, false imprisonment, tampering with evidence and concealing the death of another are Hyun, 26, of Suwanee; Gawon Lee, 26; Joonho Lee, 26; Joonhyun Lee, 22; Hyunji Lee, 25, and a 15-year-old, all from Lawrenceville.
Those six also face gang-related charges. Georgia’s gang law allows any group of three or more people who engage jointly in criminal activity to be charged as gang members.
Mihee Lee is the mother of Joonhyun Lee, Joonho Lee and and the 15-year-old, police said Wednesday.
No lawyer is listed for Mihee Lee or Gawon Lee in court…
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