A 36-year-old driver mechanic, Charles Quansah has confessed to committing eight of the killings of over thirty women in the country.
A statement from the police said Quansah, alias Paapa Kwabena Ebo had been put on police surveillance for sometime now until he was arrested in February this year at his Adenta residence.
Charles Quansah also admitted to the police that he performed most of the killings through strangulations in Kumasi, Dansoman, Mataheko and Adenta between 1993 and 2001.
The statement said the police investigations into the serial killings in the country had been intensified in the last seven months with the setting up of a special investigation team, which includes experts in crime scene management and interrogation. The police also received assistance from the American Federal Bureau of National Investigations (FBI) in the form of scientific investigation support.
Meanwhile the FBI has collected physical evidence to their laboratory for further laboratory analysis and a report on these will confirm other pieces of evidence provided by Charles Quansah after which prosecution will be commenced.
Police and prison records reveal that Charles Quansah was jailed at the James Fort prisons for the offence of rape in 1986. After completing his sentence, he committed another rape and was jailed for there years at the Nsawam Prisons in 1987.
Charles Quansah settled in Kumasi after his sentence and moved to Dansoman four years ago. He again moved to Adenta in September 2001. It will be recalled that over 30 women were murdered in mysterious circumstances, which created tension and anxiety among Ghanaians as well as the security agencies
Source: GhanaWeb
