After initially refusing police request for DNA tests to be conducted on their relations, the families of the three kidnapped Takoradi girls have now agreed to cooperate with the Police.
The test is to establish if the recently discovered human parts belong to any of the missing girls.
Priscilla Bentum, Ruth Love Quayson and Priscilla Koranchie have been missing for about a year now.
The families believe the girls were kidnapped by Samuel Udotek Wills who is currently in jail.
Speaking to Citi News, Spokesperson for the three families, Michael Hayford Grant said they rescinded their decision after pleas from concerned parties.
“It was a very tough decision…The entire nation is interested in this. We want the Police to do their work and also do the test and come up with the results. Out of the results, the family will know the decision that will come out.”
“Since the Police want to do their investigations, we want to give them the benefit of the doubt for them to do it [investigations]…We have come to the conclusion that we want to do it.”
The families of the kidnapped girls were earlier requesting for an independent body to conduct the DNA tests.
The families said the police had acted unprofessionally hence their decision to call for independent tests.
Our investigation led to human parts retrieval, not confession – Police
Police also refuted reports that the human parts found near the home of one of the suspects in the Takoradi kidnapping case were as a result of a tip-off or confession.
In a statement, the Police said the development was as a result of the examination of “several angles of the investigation.”
“Police discovered human remains at Kasaworodo in Takoradi, as a result of ongoing efforts at examining several angles of the investigation. Claims that a confession or tip-off led to the discovery are untrue.”
Police also assured to complete the DNA tests within four weeks.