Police have revealed the identity of young lady allegedly killed by her boyfriend at Trom a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality in the Eastern region.
The deceased girl has been identified as Felicia Abena Oparibea, 23, years while the suspect is Godwin Darko 25-years-old.
Felicia is an old Student of Ghana Senior High School and was working at a Pub.
The gruesome incident occured Saturday June 17, 2023 at Junction 5 in Trom community.
It is alleged that the victim was breaking-up with the suspect hence relocated to the current location.
According to some cotenants in the house when the incident took place, the suspect visited the girlfriend at a time naming ceremony was ongoing in the house.
The now deceased girlfriend went out to meet the suspect outside and brought him to her room.
It appears the suspect killed the victim amid noise of the naming ceremony therefore nobody heard the victim’s distress scream for help.
He allegedly struggled with her, pushed piece of cloth into the mouth before slitting the throat.
The suspect threw away the knife used to commit the gruesome act into a bush at the back of the house before sneaking out.
The suspect reported himself to the police later in the evening while wearing red shirt with inscription “Rest In Peace” at the back.
The body was retrieved from the cold blood by police after taken inventories of the crime scene and deposited the body at the morgue.
Police brought the suspect to the crime scene Sunday afternoon around 12:noon to search for the knife used to commit the act but were not successful.
Some angry youth in the community thronged the scene and threatened to attack the suspect.
As tension rose, police whisk the suspect into a taxi and left the scene.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM/Kojo Ansah
