A man identified only as Mr Amenyo has allegedly killed his 15-year-old stepdaughter at Nsuobri near Bawjiase in the Central Region.
Amenyo slashed Dorcas Dzidzor’s throat on Monday, April 29, 2024.
According to the Assembly Member for Nsuobri Electoral Area, Martin McCarthy, the victim was a Junior High School Two pupil.
He said she was in the company of some friends on Monday when her stepfather followed them.
Mr Amenyo reportedly asked her to escort him to an unknown location after he sent her friends on an errand.
When the friends returned, he had disappeared with the victim.
They informed some people in the area and dispatched a search party for the girl.
After hours of searching, they found the body of the 15-year-old on a cassava farm in the area.
They found her in a supine position with her hands and legs tied behind her back.
Her throat was slashed, and there was a stab wound in her stomach.
A pair of socks were also stuffed in her mouth.
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The Assembly Member said the two had constant misunderstandings in the days leading to the incident.
He further alleged that the stepfather might have impregnated the victim and killed her to cover it up.
Meanwhile, Mr Amenyo has been arrested and is currently in police custody.
In May 2023, another man, Stephen Essel, inflicted machete wounds on his 16-year-old stepdaughter at Kasoa Ofaakor.
It was alleged that the suspect impregnated his stepdaughter, and when she asked to seek a safe abortion, he attacked her.
According to the victim, her stepfather tried to give her drugs for an illegal abortion, but she refused and insisted on a legal abortion instead.
She then threatened to tell her mother.
The teenager claimed that when she confronted her stepfather a second time, he flew into a rage, struck her with a pestle, and inflicted cutlass wounds on her.