In 2002, the family relocated to Seoul, South Korea, due to Jean-Louis's professional commitments, while maintaining a residence in the French city of Tours.
On 12 October 2006, Véronique Courjault admitted to killing both infants and freezing their remains after giving birth to them in South Korea in 2002 and 2003.
[8] On 18 June 2009, Véronique Courjault was found guilty of murdering her three infants by a French court and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
A significant debate emerged in the Francophone press during the summer of 2009, focusing on the basis for Courjault's denial of the pregnancies and whether she had deliberately deceived her husband with the intention of murdering the infants.
Swiss television (TSR) in Geneva aired an interview with American child psychiatrist Daniel Schechter, a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of peripartum psychopathology.