Full Notification

On 12-07-2015 at 8:21 PM, the Newark Police Communications Center received a call requesting a welfare check on the inhabitants at an address in the 5600 block of McLaughlin Avenue in Newark. The caller reported he was asked by a family friend living in Korea to check on the occupants at the house. The reporting party went to the residence and saw a small child inside the home and the kitchen in disarray.
Newark Police Officers responded to the home and discovered an unresponsive female inside the house. Alameda County Fire Department paramedics arrived on scene and determined the female was dead. The victim has been identified as Eunkyoung Han, a 38 year old female.
An infant and a young child were located inside the residence along with Hee Jin Kim, a 39 year old male, the husband of the victim and the father of the children. There was blood and broken items strewn about the interior of the house indicating a struggle inside the residence.
Hee Jin Kim did not cooperate with Officers and did not to provide details of what may have occurred inside the residence. The children were examined at a local hospital as a precaution and then taken into protective custody. Both the suspect and victim are Korean citizens. The Newark Police Department has been working with the Korean Consulate to notify the victim’s family of this tragic event.
Kim was subsequently arrested and booked for 187PC- homicide. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office is currently reviewing the case.