{"id":462182,"date":"2018-02-07T09:51:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T09:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/23-year-old-man-arrested-with-young-boys-head\/"},"modified":"2018-02-07T09:51:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T09:51:26","slug":"23-year-old-man-arrested-with-young-boys-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/07\/23-year-old-man-arrested-with-young-boys-head\/","title":{"rendered":"23-year-old man arrested with young boy\u2019s head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday,  7 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/59705983.295.jpg\" alt=\"Suspect 400x330\" title=\"Suspect 400x330\" width=\"295\" height=\"243\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The suspect<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517997086_415_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Agona Nkwanta District Police Command on Tuesday night arrested 23-year-old Alex Tetteh for possessing a human head, believed to be that of a young boy.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was arrested by the people of Sankro, a village near Dixcove when he was searching for a potential buyer of the human part.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Regional Police PRO, ASP Olivia Adiku, told Takoradi-based Skyypower FM that the suspect had attempted to sell the human head to a spiritualist around 5:15 pm on Tuesday, February 6.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the spiritualist became suspicious and raised an alarm, and with the help of other residents, the suspect was arrested and handed over to the police.<\/p>\n<p>When interrogated by the police, the suspect, Alex Tetteh, claimed to have decapitated a boy, believed to be twelve [12] years at Bogoso with two accomplices.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect has since been transferred to the Regional Police Command at Sekondi pending further investigations, while the human head concealed in a black polythene bag has been conveyed to the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital morgue.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Boy identified<\/p>\n<p>One Peter Tetteh, from Bogoso in the Prestea Huni Valley District of the Western Region, has identified the head as his 12-year-old son, Ebenezer Tetteh, a student of Grace International School at Bogoso.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say a number of residents in Bogoso flooded the Bogoso Police station in fear and shock.<\/p>\n<p>Sources from the school indicate that the deceased was seen in the school in the morning but after some students were sacked for the non-payment of school fees, he may have left.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to the father of the beheaded boy, his son has paid his fees in full.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Crime and rituals<\/p>\n<p>This arrest follows the police uncovering a shrine at Akatapo, a village near Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region, where it is suspected that some criminals fortify themselves before undertaking in illegal operations.<\/p>\n<p>Four persons were arrested at the shrine during the swoop and the police also retrieved a human head in a black polythene bag which had been placed on one of the idols at the shrine.<\/p>\n<p>The human head, 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