A fishing community in Elmina, in the Central Region, Terterim-Kessim; has been thrown into a state of shock and mourning following the death of three children from the same family found in a locked vehicle.
The bodies of the deceased identified as, Maame Akua, 6; Fiifi Antsey, 5; and Nana Yaw Antsey, 3, were found dead in in the back seat of a private vehicle near a church.
The 3 who all pre-schoolers left their home church for church Sunday without their parents were found dead on Monday.
Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Central Regional Police Department, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mrs Irene Oppong, stated that the uncle of the deceased children, Mr Kwame Bronya, reported that on Sunday (15/04/2018) that the children left home unaccompanied by anyone to church service at the Family Maker Church but failed to return home.
"....this prompted the community members to mount a search which was unsuccessful," she stated.
According to ASP Mrs Irene Oppong, the church service was held in one of the class rooms of the District Community, Junior High School near the District Magistrate Court in Elmina which is about 400 metres from the residence of the kids.
However, on Monday, at about 9.00 a.m., Madam Shiny Amissah Dadziebo who is the Proprietress of Holy Wood Preparatory School, a private basic school located at the DC JHS, reported that she found the three children dead at the back seat in her Kia Optima Saloon car which was locked and parked inside her walled school compound, when she opened the car to take one of her children who was sick to the hospital.
ASP Oppong said the deceased bodies were inspected but no marks of assault were found and that the bodies have been conveyed and deposited at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
The Police has arrested the security officer at the school and started investigating the matter.
Source: Sally Ngissah/Central Regional Correspondent
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read it well again, I don't think you understood the story. the car was parked on a school compound which was walled. pocket lawyer
It is amazing how some parents esp. mothers can allow their children to loiter on their own without a care in the world. how? you see children running around on the streets with no parent in sight. how?
I JUST WANT TO FIND OUT THAT FOR HOW LONG WAS THE CAR PARKED THERE AND NOT ATTENDED TO BY ITS OWNER? WERE THE DOORS OF THE CAR SECURED BY LOCKING THEM ALL OR SOME DOORS WERE NOT LOCKED? HOW FREQUENT DOES THE OWNER OF THE CAR USE IT ON DAILY BASIS? IF THE HOUSE WE ARE TOLD IS WALLED HOW DID THE CHILDREN GET ACCESS TO THE COMPOUND AND FINALLY TO THE CAR? WAS THERE NOBODY IN THE HOUSE OR COMPOUND THE WHOLE DAY THAT COULD HAVE SEEN OR HEAD CRIES FROM THESE CHILDREN? MANY MORE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE THROWN TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES. OUR OVER CIVILITY IN AFRICA IS BECOMING UNBECOMING AS WE TEND NOT TO CARE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBOURS AND WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US. IT IS A PITY FOR ALL OF US
I WANT TO ASK IF THE PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN ARE CRYING?AH WHAT WILL MAKE A PARENT LEAVE OR ALLOW MINORS OF SUCH AGES TO GO TO CHURCH ALONE WITHOUT SUPERVISION. IF YOU CANT TAKE THEM TO CHURCH YOURSELF WHY DONT YOU STAY HOME WITH THEM. IT'S SAD HORRIBLE BUT IT'S ABOUT TIME AS PARENT WE PUT ON OUR THINKING AND RESPONSIBILITY CUP. IF YOU THE PARENT GROWN AS YOU ARE COULDN'T GO TO CHURCH THESE LITTLE ONES WHAT ARE THEY GOING THERE TO DO. THE PARENTS HAVE TO BE DETAINED SMALL TO TEACH THEM A LESSON OR TWO. HMMMMMM MAY THEIR GENTLE SOUL REST IN PEACE AND MAY GOD DEAL WITH THE CAUSE OF THEIR DEATH