HORROR AT McCARTHY HILL * 65-year-old man murdered in apartment

Front Page: Daily Graphic, July 27, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Managing Director of Summit Industries Limited, Mr Kwame Kyei Apenteng-Mensah, has allegedly been killed by unknown assailants in his room at his McCarthy Hills apartment.
Residents of the area woke up to the gruesome scene on Saturday morning when the body of the 65-year-old man was found near his bed with a stab at the back of the neck.
According to the police, there were no signs that the apartment or the bedroom had been broken into, as all the doors were locked but without the keys.
A search around the area, however, showed that the bush behind the deceased’s apartment had been disturbed, meaning that someone used the bush to enter the house, the police noted.
Mr Apenteng-Mensah, whose company produces Le Country mineral water, was said to be living alone with his house help in a separate apartment from that of the other members of his family.
The Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, told newsmen that when the deceased’s house help realised the he had not come out of his room about 9 a.m., which was unusual of him, she informed other members of his family who live in different apartments but in the same yard that her boss had still not woken up.
Based on that, he said, the family members decided to check on him but found that all doors to the deceased’s apartment were locked.
The deputy commander said the family members decided to use a ladder to check through the window of the deceased’s bedroom, only to find him lying by his bed in a pool of blood.
According to him, the family members allegedly broke through the glass window of the bedroom and entered the room, upon which they found the deep cut on his neck.
ACP Yohuno said when the house help was interrogated, she claimed that she had heard a brief noise from the deceased’s room about 12 midnight.
The Odorkor District Police Commander, Superintendent Kwaku Asare, told the Daily Graphic that the deceased only had a shirt on when the room was broken into.
He said the police did not find any implement which could have been used to commit the crime in the room.
He, however, said a search around the area showed that the bush behind the deceased’s apartment had been disturbed, an indication that someone used the bush to enter the house.
Supt Asare said everything in the deceased’s apartment was intact, except that there was no key in the door lock.
Investigations continue.