Ebenezer Antwi, a twenty-seven-year-old also called Kojo Antwi has been arrested by Assin Awisem Police for assaulting and killing his two-year-old stepdaughter, Victoria Twumasi.
According to sources, the girl eased on herself during a Health Insurance Registration Exercise in Assin Awisem.
This provoked Kojo Antwi to assault her by hitting her on the ground, fracturing her leg.
He then took the girl away into a bush and killed her and run into hiding, her mother, Alice Gbeve, told journalist.
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Speaking with journalist, Assemblymember for Assin Awisem Obrayeko Electoral area Ayuba Andoh said police intelligence led to the arrest of the suspect after he had run to a nearby town to seek refuge.
The suspect, Kojo Antwi, confessed that he has killed the stepdaughter by giving her a weedicide (gramoxone) and buried the body under a cocoa tree.
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Police conducted a search and found the body of the girl under a tree and was subsequently deposited at the Twifo Praso Government Hospital for preservation and autopsy.
Central Regional Deputy Police PRO Sgt Isaac Evans Ettie confirmed the incident to the media.