The accused went into hiding.
The Abetifi Police were informed and the Police went for the bodies of the deceased persons and a postmortem was performed on them.
The cause of the death of all the deceased persons was given as hemorrhagic shock.
On 11th February 2010, the accused person was arrested at Nkawkaw.
He confessed to the crimes during Police interrogation, was charged with murder, and was found guilty by the Koforidua High Court