C/R: Man, 27, Arrested For Murder Of Stepdaughter

A 27 year old man has been arrested by the Central Regional Police Command for the alleged murder of his 2 year old stepdaughter at Assin Awisem in the Assin South Municipality. Suspect Ebenezer Antwi allegedly assaulted the mother of the baby and snatched the stepdaughter to an unknown destination, killed and later buried her under a cocoa tree. Sergeant Isaac Ettie, the

Deputy Central Regional PRO, disclosed this in an interview with the media in Cape Coast on Sunday. He said on Saturday November 14, Alice Gbeve who reported the incident at the Assin Awisem Police Station. She said Antwi who is her boyfriend assaulted her and took her daughter away with him and had not returned home. Sergeant Ettie said on that same day,

police intelligence led to the arrest of Antwi who was without the baby and heading towards Assin Asamang. He said when Antwi was interrogated, he confessed the crime to the police. The Deputy PRO said the suspect said he gave the victim ”Gramazone” a weedicide in the area and buried her under a cocoa tree on Friday, November 13. The police retrieved the body from where it was buried on Saturday and detained the suspect to assist the police in its investigations.