Woman killed mistakenly for a black dog

Koforidua (ER), April 19, GNA - The Kwahu Police has in its custody one Rejoice Tamakloe, who is helping them in their investigations into the death of a three-year-old baby-girl at Azogblevie, a fishing community near Kotoso in the Kwahu South District. A Police source told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Koforidua on Wednesday that, the suspect, on April 4, this year, allegedly used her umbrella to hit the deceased on the head several times until she died, when the two met on a bush pat

The deceased, who was christened Yaa Asantewa, was said to have met her fate, when she strayed from the care of a relative with whom the mother had left her at the village.

The suspect is said to have told the police that she mistook the deceased for a "spirit" in the mould of a black dog, when the two reportedly met on a bush path during which she used her umbrella to hit the girl's head until she died.

Little Yaa Asantewa's body had been deposited at the Kwahu Government Hospital at Atibie for an autopsy.