A 22-year-old house-help is purportedly involved in the murder of her employer in Ayigya, situated in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The grim incident unfolded after the house-help allegedly stole over $5,600 from her madam.

In a harrowing development, the identified suspect, Maame Akua, aged 22, stands accused of fatally assaulting her 83-year-old employer, Magaret Oppong. The alleged violence occurred when the deceased questioned Akua about the disappearance of over $5,600, marking a tragic turn of events in Ayigya, Oforikrom Municipality, Ashanti.

Information from sources intimately connected to the family discloses that the accused, Maame Akua, reportedly carried out the murder of the 83-year-old woman at dawn while she was in her sleep.

In a candid conversation with OTEC News reporters Jacob Agyenim Boateng and Kofi Dwaah Appiah on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, the son of the deceased, Mr. Kwame Boateng, unveiled shocking details. He disclosed that the suspect, under police interrogation, admitted to the crime of killing his mother.

"She told police that she plotted with her boyfriend to get rid of our mother after she (My mother) kept questioning her about the constant missing dollars in the house.

"My mother has children outside the country and so we send her money from time to time; she lost $3,200, then $1,800 and later $200 and $400, respectively.

"Upon suspicion that the housekeeper was behind the missing money, my mother threatened to arrest her if she failed to return the amount. Before she could do anything, the suspect allegedly allowed her boyfriend into the house, accosted my mother in her room, and killed her," he narrated to the media house.

Mr Boateng added that the suspect has been arrested and would appear before the Asokwa District Court on Wednesday January 3, 2024.