Girl 19,dies while trying to commit abortion. (Page 2)

The KUNTANASE police have mounted a search for the arrest of Bright Appiah, a primary three teacher of Konkoma D/A primary, for his alleged role in the death of an SHS three Business student, Theresa Boakye.

Appiah reportedly impregnated the girl and later administered a substance believed to be a herbal concoction to terminate the pregnancy, resulting in her premature death.

Theresa Boakye, 19, was a native of Asisiriwa, a farming community in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti region, and a student of Beposo SHS in the same district.

According to reports, the suspect asked her to terminate the pregnancy so that she could continue her education but luck eluded the two when she passed away on October 24, 2011 after bleeding profusely.

Daily Guide gathered that the deceased was four months pregnant when she attempted to commit the abortion. It was also learnt from the deceased’s uncle, Kwame Owusu, that she failed to disclose who was responsible for the pregnancy until when she was about to die.

Daily Guide also learnt that the deceased moved from her apartment and went to stay with the suspect in his room where some of her personal belongings were found by her relations.

When contacted, the Kuntanase District Police Commander, ASP Edward Osei, confirmed the story and said the deceased’s uncle had lodged a complaint at the station.

According to him, the deceased complained of severe abdominal pains and started bleeding profusely from her private parts and was admitted to the Kuntanase General Hospital for treatment.

At the hospital, it was established that when the deceased was interrogated by a medical staff, she confessed that the suspect administered a traditional medicine to her to terminate the pregnancy.

It was however alleged that the deceased was referred to the Pramso St. Michael’s Hospital because the doctors and nurses were on strike at Kuntanase General Hospital at the time but died soon after. Meanwhile, Theresa’s body is still being kept at the Pramso St. Michael Hospital while the police are making efforts to arrest the run-away lover man.