The family of a murdered aspiring trainee nurse has revealed that the prime suspects demanded a ransom from them at first.
According to Georgina Asor Botchwey’s relatives, the pastor and his accomplice pastor demanded $15,000 for their relatives’ release.
The police said when Miss Asor Botchwey’s family failed to raise the required amount, Nana Clark Onyaa and the pastor murdered and secretly buried her for ritual purposes.
The victim, 22, is said to have gone to Ankaful Nursing Training College for an interview when the pastor, who also happens to be her sister’s boyfriend, invited her to a meeting.
So, following her interview, the victim went to meet her soon-to-be brother-in-law.
The pastor had conspired with the chief, who is the Tufuhen of Ekumfi Akwakrom, to kidnap and sexually assault the deceased.
The two suspects then murdered her and buried her in one of the chief’s apartments’ kitchen.
The deceased had been missing for three weeks, and word had spread throughout the Central Region town.
The notice circulating read, “Georgina Botchwey went for an interview at Cape Coast on Wednesday and up till now she cannot be found; her phone is off. Please, anybody with information about her should call 0208503126 or 0247048711.”
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Following this notice, a friend of the deceased raised an alarm about Georgina meeting with her sister’s boyfriend.
The pastor was arrested in Cape Coast and admitted to the crime.
He then led the police to the house where Georgina was buried, and her body was exhumed.
Meanwhile, the chief who fled following reports of his accomplice’s arrest has been apprehended.
There were a few witnesses on the scene who looked scared, surprised and astonished. Some were seen covering their noses due to the repugnant smell emanating from where the remains of the nurse trainee were found.
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