7th person charged after Korean woman found dead in trunk, with 1 suspect saying he was a victim too

Published October 11, 2023 8:37 PM

By JEFF AMY
Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — A seventh person has been arrested on murder charges after a South Korean woman’s body was found decaying in the trunk of a car parked outside a popular spa in Atlanta’s suburbs. Police on Wednesday arrested 54-year-old Mihee Lee, the mother of three others already accused of murder in the death 33-year-old Sehee Cho. Investigators believe Cho moved to the United States from South Korea to join a religious organization, known as Soldiers of Christ. A prosecutor told a judge Wednesday that Cho had been dead for nearly a month before her body was discovered. A lawyer for another suspect granted bail Wednesday says that man was also a victim of torture and is innocent in Cho’s death.

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