General News of Saturday, 19 November 2005

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Ghanaian Stabs Wife, Hangs self with Electrical Cord

A Bronx man fatally stabbed a woman in her bedroom before committing suicide by hanging himself with an electrical cord in the kitchen, police said.

Police discovered the gruesome scene in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx after the woman's daughter called police from Ohio because she had not heard from her mother and asked authorities to check in on her, police said.

Justina Gyaabim, 59, was found yesterday morning lying face up on her bed at 9 Fordham Hill Oval, with multiple stab wounds. The man, identified as Francis Mensah, 53, had no prior criminal record and police yesterday said they could not identify a motive for the killing.