The Jury in the trial of Richard Appiah, the former footballer who killed two children in Abesim in the Bono Region and stored the remains of one in a fridge, has returned a unanimous verdict of guilty of murder.

Richard Appiah is alleged to have murdered his stepbrother and two other children, aged between 12 and 15 years.

Following reports to the police on August 20, 2021, officers discovered the dismembered body of one of the victims stored in a fridge, while two other bodies were found in separate rooms in Appiah’s residence.

Further investigations led police to a cocoa farm in Abesim, where they unearthed intestines believed to belong to one of the victims. These remains were exhumed for forensic analysis.

Two bloodstained machetes were also retrieved from the scene.