Abesim Killings: Police uncovers buried intestines of victims

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Headquarters team investigating the Abesim murder case has discovered a place where suspect Richard Appiah buried the intestines of one of the murder victims.

The 28-year-old architect, who is also a sports commentator and a footballer, Richard Appiah, was arrested for allegedly killing two teenagers, one other and keeping some body parts in his fridge.

He was arrested after the Acting IGP directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Headquarters to provide technical support to the Bono Regional CID to Investigate the murder of three persons at Abesim in the Bono Region to its logical conclusion.

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Richard Appiah is suspected to have murdered two young men, 12 and 15 and a yet-to-be identified man whose bodies were found in his living quarters at Alaska near Abesim on Friday, August 20 2021.

The suspect was arrested by the Police in collaboration with members of the community.

Richard Appiah is currently in Police custody assisting the investigation.

Giving a further update on the matter, the Police said the intestines were buried in a cocoa farm at Abesim, which the Police have since exhumed for pathological analysis and forensic examination in Accra.

The Police also stated that the investigation team also worked around a septic tank and other places of concern for further examinations where two sharp cutlasses with bloodstains used by the suspect to commit the crime were retrieved from the scene.

The Acting Inspector General of Police Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has therefore directed the Counseling Department of the Service to provide trauma-reduction therapy, counseling and other psychological support to the affected families whose relatives were murdered in Abesim and also to the Police officers in charge of the investigations.

“In furtherance of the directive, ACP Phyllis Osei, Director, Police Counseling Unit, and ASP Foster Nanewortor arrived at Sunyani on Tuesday, August 24 2021, and visited the family of Louis Agyemang, one of the murder victims to hold a counseling session to help reduce the family’s trauma. This was held with all family members and neighbours who were present. Private counselling sessions were later held with parents, siblings and some key immediate family members who were adversely impacted by the murder,” the police noted.

Meanwhile, the team is said to have visited the family of the second victim, Stephen Boateng, at Abesim Alaska Junction and the same counseling sessions were held with the family.

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