Death of an 8-year-old child abused by his stepmother in Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea in 2021

 On March 2, 2021, a father (27) and stepmother (28) murdered their 8-year-old daughter, Jeong Byeol-yang, in Unnam-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea. The stepmother had two children with her ex-husband and then cohabited with the father without being formally married. After separating from her ex-husband, she met the father through social media and they married in July 2017.  In January 2018, they moved to Incheon with their children, and in July 2019, they moved to Jung-gu, Incheon. From January 2018 to March 2, 2021, the couple repeatedly abused their daughter, including withholding food from her for one hour, force-feeding her feces and urine, beating her, and making her wear feces-stained underwear. They also made her eat pig's feet in secret and sleep on bones under a blanket. From August 2020, they fed her only once a day, and from December 2020 until her death, they fed her one meal a day or starved her. The victim and her sister attended an elementary school in Incheon