Winneba: The Kaneshie District Court has remanded an artist, Joshua Kerry Arthur, who is accused of killing and burying Professor Amedeker Mawuadem from the University Education, Winneba. The court has preserved Arthur's plea, and he is set to reappear before the court on June 23, 2025, under the presiding judge Nana Abena Asoh Owusu-Omenyo.
According to Ghana News Agency, the prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Margaret Ofori Boadi, informed the court that the 71-year-old professor lived alone in a two-bedroom house in Gyahadze, a suburb of Winneba. Arthur, a 33-year-old artist, is also a resident of Gyahadze. On May 21, 2025, at around 4.48 am, Arthur allegedly scaled the wall of the professor's residence, hid for some time, and then attacked and killed him around 7:30 am before burying him on the property.
The prosecution outlined that Arthur remained in the house afterward, packing some of the professor's belongings, including a 50-inch TCL television and a black bag containing personal effects, into the professor's Toyota Fortuner vehicle. He intended to flee with the stolen items but was thwarted when a colleague of the professor reported his inability to contact him to the police.
The police, upon visiting the residence, noticed Arthur's presence and found him hiding in a guava tree. A subsequent search of the premises revealed thick, clotted blood stains and a patch of disturbed soil. Upon further investigation, the police discovered the professor's body wrapped in a blue academic gown, clad in black shorts with a yellow nylon rope threaded through the belt holes, and a brownish shirt, lying in a supine position.
The prosecution stated that the professor's body was transported to the Trauma and Specialist Hospital, where a medical officer confirmed his death. The body is now at the Police Hospital pending preservation and autopsy, while investigations continue.
