General News of Tuesday, 6 August 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

Police discover 4th body at Takoradi girls kidnapper’s hideout

Police investigators discovered the bodies in a well at Nkroful Police investigators discovered the bodies in a well at Nkroful

MyNewsGh.com has confirmed that a fourth body has been recovered from a well at Nkroful new site in Takoradi, the Western Regional capital by police investigators.

The remains were discovered at an uncompleted building where Samuel Willis Udutoek was re-arrested in connection with missing persons and later convicted for unlawful escape.

Investigations are underway to establish the identity of the remains while Police continue with all angles of the ongoing investigation.

This comes days after police retrieved human parts from a septic tank at his apartment with suspicion these could be the victims of the kidnapping.

Police, however, reveal that it is only after forensic examination on all the bodies they will be able to confirm if the human parts are those of the girls or otherwise.

“As part of Investigations into the three (3) Takoradi kidnapped girls, the Criminal Investigation Department and the Western Regional Command earlier this evening August 2, 2019 conducted an operation at kansaworodo a suburb of Takoradi. During the operation which took place at about 7pm, some human remains were retrieved from a septic tank at an uncompleted building.

The building was previously occupied by convict Samuel Odeoutuk Willis who is one of the accused persons standing trial for allegedly kidnapping the three (3) Takoradi girls.

The discovered human remains would be sent to the forensic science laboratory of the Ghana police service for analysis and further investigation”, a statement from the police said.