Woman Accused of Murdering Husband with Poisoned Food; Suicide Pact Claim Debunked by CCTV

A 50-year-old woman is facing murder charges after allegedly killing her husband by secretly adding chemicals to his food. The case took a turn when her initial claim of a mutual suicide pact with her husband was disproven by security camera footage.

Authorities transferred the woman to prosecutors on suspicion of murder. The incident occurred on May 20 in Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province, where the woman is accused of poisoning her husband, a man in his 60s, with a pre-prepared chemical substance while they were at a Chinese restaurant.

Initially, the woman told investigators that she and her husband had agreed to die together, suggesting the act was consensual. However, analysis of the restaurant's CCTV footage revealed her secretly adding the chemical to her husband's food without his knowledge. Faced with this evidence, she reportedly admitted to the crime, retracting her earlier statement and confessing that the act was not a suicide pact.

Reports indicate the woman had been experiencing severe emotional distress following the death of her daughter. A suicide note expressing remorse for her daughter and despair about her own life was discovered in the couple's shared living quarters.