The father of Stephen Sarpong, the 15-year-old boy who was allegedly killed, has spoken out his relationship with the alleged murder.
Stephen Sarpong was allegedly killed by one Richard Appiah. He was allegedly butchered and his body parts were stored in a double door fridge.
But his father says the suspect, Richard Appiah, was his friend and business partner and could not have imagined him doing such heinous thing.
In an interview with the media over the weekend, Stephen’s father, Yeboah Asuama, stated that he never have suspected his friend of committing such an atrocious act against him and his family.
Richard Appiah, aged 28, is currently in police custody in Sunyani, Ghana. He was arrested after the body parts of the JHS 2 student were found in his double door fridge.
Also allegedly found in Appiah’s fridge were the body parts of his 12-year-old stepbrother, Louis Agyemang. Another yet-to-be-identified body was also found in his apartment.
According to the late Stephen’s father, “It was a Sunday when my son told me that he was going to the canteen we operate about 300 metres from our home. But, unfortunately, that was the last time we saw him.”
“We had waited for him the entire night to return, but he didn’t. So the next morning, we reported the incident to the Police. We heard nothing concerning the police investigation until this morning when we heard that our neighbour had killed Stephen,” he said.
“When we went to look, he [the suspect] had butchered Stephen’s hands, his feet, and head and stored it in his fridge.”
“The young man, truth be told, is my friend. It was only four days ago that he came to my house that – I also work with him, he’s a surveyor – he came to tell me that the land he was planning on developing had sand and blocks on it and he wanted me to sell it for him, so I did.”
“Just yesterday, the young man came to my house to tell me that if he did not get the money by evening time, he would sell it to another person. And I told him I had already sold it and that the buyer would bring the money within the day.”
“So that evening, I and a friend of mine took the money from the sales to his house and gave it to him. ¢150 million in total, and he gave us a receipt. And he came to escort us home.”
“Never, never, never – I have heard of no such thing before, and I would have never suspected him. He used to cook and eat with my children. They were also friends,” Stephen Sarpong’s father said.
