A 36-year old Carpenter has hanged himself at the police cells after been arrested for defiling his own 13 – years old daughter at Ayensudo, a surburb of Elmina in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem Municipality of the Central Region.
According to the police, On 10/5/2026 at about 11:00am, the station officer of Agyei – Krom police station received information from the counter NCO that suspect Emmanuel Cudjoe, 38 years of age, who was arrested on 10/5/2026 at 5:00 am same day, for defiling his 11 year-old step-daughter, has hanged himself in the cells with a tin cloth he removed from the edge of the blanket he slept on.
On receipt of the information, the Elmina District Police Command and the Regional Crime Scene Management Team proceeded to the Agyei – Krom Police Station.
The officers visited the cells and found the suspect hanged against the wall.
It was observed that there were no marks of violence on the body of the suspect.
The body was seen suspended from the ground using the torn edge lining of the blanket he slept on.
The ligata was observed firmly fastened around the neck.
The suspect/deceased Emmanuel Cudjoe was a carpenter and a native of Ayensudo, a suburb of Elmina.
The scene was processed by the Crime Scene Management team as the body have been removed and taken to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital where he has been pronounced dead by the medical officer on duty.
The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the same facility’s morgue for preservation awaiting autopsy.
The family of the deceased has been informed of the incident.
The case is under investigation no arrest has been made so far.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Eric Owusu Amponsah.
