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Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampre has asked the service’s counseling department to provide trauma reduction therapy and counseling to families who have lost loved ones at the hands of Richard Appiah, 28 years old, in Abesim. .
The police officers in charge of the investigations, according to the directive contained in a press release of August 25, must also benefit from psychological support from the department.
The recent development comes after Police Counseling Unit Director ACP Phyllis Osei and ASP Foster Nanewortor held a counseling session for the families of Louis Agyemang and Stephen Boateng, two of the deceased, during their visit on Tuesday 24 August.
According to the press release signed by Ag. The Director General of Public Affairs, ACP Kwesi Ofori, “it took place with all the family members and neighbors who were present”.
“Private counseling sessions were then held with parents, siblings and some key immediate family members who were affected by the murder,” he added.
Meanwhile, police in their investigations located the murder weapon – two sharp cutlasses with bloodstains used by Richard Appiah and also the spot where the suspect buried the intestines of one of his victims.
The police report revealed that “the intestines were buried in a cocoa plantation in Abesim, which the police have since exhumed for pathological analysis and forensic examination in Accra.”
A septic tank and other areas of concern on the scene were also examined.
Following these findings, the police administration assures the “public, in particular the affected families and the population of Abesim, of a thorough investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.”
Background
Richard Appiah was arrested by police on Friday August 20 after 12-year-old Louis Agyemang Junior and another murdered person were found in his bedroom.
This was after Louis Agyemang’s father reported Richard to the police for coming to pick up his son, who is also a half-brother of the suspect.
Police then proceeded to the suspect’s residing home in the Alaska region near Abesim where they found Louis lying supine in a room.
During a further search of the house, pieces of flesh believed to be parts of another person were found in a double-door refrigerator. The name of this deceased was given as Stephen, 15 years old. The relatives of the other victims have not yet identified their bodies.
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