A suspect in a defilement case has died from suspected suicide while still in police custody at Agyei Krom, the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem Municipality of the Central Region.
The suspect, Emmanuel Cudjoe, 38, a carpenter, was arrested on Sunday, May 10, 2026, at 5 am for defiling his 11-year-old stepdaughter.
The station officer of the Agyei Krom Police Station, however, received information from the counter NCO that the suspect had hanged himself at around 11 am on the same day with a thin cloth he removed from the edge of the blanket he slept on.
The Elmina District Police Command and the regional crime management team proceeded to the scene upon receipt of the information.
The suspect was found hanging against the wall with no visible marks on his body, while the ligature was found firmly fastened around his neck.
The deceased suspect was a carpenter and a native of Ayensudo, a suburb of Elmina.
The scene was processed by the Crime Scene Management team, and the body was removed and sent to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by the medical officer on duty.
The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the same facility’s morgue for preservation, awaiting autopsy, and the family of the deceased has been officially informed of the incident.
