The Police Forensic Laboratory is embarking on a scientific investigation to ascertain the DNA of a body found in Tema, to determine if it is that of the missing Tema West Constituency Women’s Organiser of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Madam Paulina Lamisi, the Women’s Organiser on June 12, 2024 disappeared from her home at Sowutuom in Accra.
The following day, June 13, 2024 Police at Tema Community 25 found the body of a female adult with hands, legs and head taken away, leaving only the trunk. The said remains was wrapped in black polythene, placed in a suitcase and dumped in the bush.
A family source which hinted The Chronicle stated that sometime last month, Madam Lamisi’s daughter was invited to the Crime Laboratory, accompanied by some family members, where her blood sample was taken.
The paper also obtained from a highly placed police source at the headquarters that ideallythe hair and teeth of the body should have been made available to facilitate the process, but since these parts are missing, the scientific investigation will have to fall on the hip bone.
In the cause of the investigation, according to the dependable source, a collaboration with the telecommunications service providers indicates that Madam Lamisi’s cellular phone terminated somewhere around Kanda, where her mobilemoney wallet was also emptied.
This was on Friday June 14, 2024 two days after she disappeared from home.
The search for her took the family to Togo, Nigeria and known business partners in the West African states, all to no avail.
Having exhausted the physical investigation, the only option left is the DNA on the body, the police source concludes as they have come to their wit’send.
