A man believed to be in his late 30s has been arrested by the Awutu Jei-Krodua District Police Command for the alleged murder of his girlfriend at Awutu Yamoah Nkwanta in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region.

The deceased, identified only as Sister Yaa, was found dead in her room in a pool of blood, with a concrete block reportedly placed on her face.

Police sources said the suspect, a resident of Oboman in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, had visited the deceased to spend the night.

The incident allegedly occurred after the woman refused the suspect’s sexual advances.

Preliminary information indicates that the suspect first attacked the deceased with a cutlass, inflicting injuries to her face, before allegedly smashing her head with a concrete block, resulting in her death.

Confirming the incident to Adom News, the Chief of Awutu Yamoah Nkwanta and Ogyahene of the Awutu Traditional Council, Nai Achiene Acheampong Kuma, said he was alerted to the crime and immediately contacted the Jei-Krodua and Kasoa Ofaakor District Police commands, leading to the swift arrest of the suspect.

The suspect is currently in police custody, assisting with investigations, while the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Police Hospital Mortuary.

Police say investigations are ongoing to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident and to trace the family of the deceased.