Volta: Man, 20, arrested for murdering a 12-year-old boy at Awate Todzi.

A 20-year-old man is in the hands of the Anfoega District Police for murdering q 12-year old boy at Awate Todzi near Anfoega.

The man named Alhassan Kossi was spotted by the deceased boy when he sneaked and entered the neighbors room to steal an amount of GHS 100.00 from the neighbors room, police investigation's revealed.

In the process, deceased chanced on the suspect and threatened to report the act to his mom and in a bid to prevent deceased from doing so suddenly attacked and strangled deceased until he died.

Briefing the media from the Volta Regional Public affairs unit of the Ghana Police Service, Inspector Prince Dogbatse indicated that, further investigation revealed that on the said day, the deceased’s mother, who operates a shop about 100 meters away from her house, left earlier for the shop asking her daughter and deceased to prepare and join her at the shop for church service.

He said, they both obliged but deceased forgot to lock the doors and was asked by his mother to return and secure the doors. “That was when he chanced on the suspect stealing. He was not returning compelling her mother to follow up only to meet him unconscious and shouted for help”

Deceased was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead.

Later the same day, suspect again joined mourners who thronged the home of the bereaved over the bizarre circumstances surrounding the killing of the little boy and specifically carried the body into a vehicle which was sent to the morgue without being noticed.

However through intelligence gathered by the police on 03 January 2022, the suspect was arrested and he confessed to having strangulated the boy to avoid being caught.

Source:ignews.com