A senior police officer turned up dead on his kitchen floor, and investigators are now piecing together what happened from cryptic messages and a service weapon found nearby.
Discovery of DSP Rockson Gyasi's body
Discovery of DSP Rockson Gyasi's body
- Rockson Gyasi was found dead at his Akweteyman home.
- His wife, Mavis Boateng, discovered him around 5 a.m.
- Gyasi lay in a pool of blood with facial injuries.
- His service pistol sat on a nearby kitchen stool.
- Gyasi was a Deputy Superintendent stationed at Tsito.
- He had traveled to Accra on Tuesday to visit family.
- Tesano Divisional Police got the alert at 5:46 a.m.
- Officers responded and confirmed the scene on Friday.
- Digital messages from Gyasi to his wife were recovered.
- One message referenced him going back to where he came from.
- Crime-scene experts from headquarters processed the evidence.
- A post-mortem is underway at the Police Hospital Mortuary.
