Woman Arrested for Beheading Husband

Woman Arrested for Beheading Husband.

Woman 27, simply identified as Rachel Tetteh has been arrested by Police for allegedly beheaded her husband, Lartey Daniel, 35.

The police confirmed that the crime took place at Tei Glover village, a farming Community near Akyem Bosuso in Fanteakwa South District in the Eastern Region of Ghana,

The suspect was arrested by Police while the headless body was deposited at the morgue for preservation and autopsy.

Newera News understand that a misunderstanding ensued between the couple and while the deceased husband was on his way to the farm, the suspect trailed him.
Tetteh allegedly pushed the deceased husband to the ground and took control of the cutlass to cut off his head.
•Rachel Tetteh, the suspect

The Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command DSP Ebenezer Tetteh told Newsmen.

That as soon as the Police got wind of information about the crime at about 7:30 am Sunday, October 3, 2021, dispatched investigators to the scene.

He said Police found the lifeless body of the deceased in ash trousers over a white T-shirt lying dead in a prone position in a pool of blood with a severed head along the footpath to the farm.

Police took inventories of the crime scene and examined the body.

The body was retrieved and deposited at Akyem Tafo Government Hospital Morgue Pending autopsy.

DSP Ebenezer Tetteh added that Police proceeded to arrest the suspect, Rachel Tetteh, and retrieved the cutlass she used to commit the heinous crime

The suspect is currently in Police custody assisting the investigation.

Woman Arrested for Beheading Husband will be tried and jailed if found guilty.