A 46-year-old man has allegedly raped and murdered his ex-wife on a farm at Suminakese in the Kwahu West District of the Eastern Region.
The 50-year-old victim is said to have gone missing from her farm that shares a boundary with the suspect, who has been identified as Kwabena Mawuli.
According to Kwasi Ofori, a nephew of the deceased, the ex-couple divorced five years ago after they had been married for five years without any child.
He explained that the man physically abused the victim and was not taking proper care of her, leading to the divorce.
She, however, refused to report Mawuli to the police when he threatened to kill her on several occasions.
Kwasi Ofori said the suspect had fought with some men in the community on Wednesday for snatching his ex-wife before he allegedly committed the crime on Friday.
Narrating what transpired, Kwasi Ofori said, “Mawuli went to the farm early that Friday and waited for Kessewaa’s arrival. Upon seeing her, he forcibly had sexual intercourse with her and feared she would report. Therefore he slashed her neck with a cutlass”.
Mawuli, who usually returns from the farm late in the evening, suspiciously returned home at about 11 am that morning with his sandals in his hands after changing the clothes he wore to the farm.
Kwasi Ofori said the suspect had acted as if nothing had happened, but people had observed him when he went to the farm and noticed that he had returned in different attire.
According to Kwasi Ofori, Mawuli confessed his crime to the police after he was suspected of having a hand in the woman’s disappearance.
The suspect is currently in the grips of the police and assisting with investigations.