Last\n week, relatives of the kidnapped teenage girls hit the streets to force\n authorities to fast-track efforts to bring back the girls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n aggrieved parents were joined in the demonstration by residents of the \nmetropolis who say the recent rise in kidnapping of girls has become \ndisturbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joy\n News\u2019 Western Region Correspondent, Inna-Thalia Quansah, reports that \nresidents say seven teenage girls have been kidnapped, but police refute\n this claim and say only three girls have been reported kidnapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During\n Wednesday\u2019s trial at the Takoradi Circuit Court, police presented a \nscarf and a dress belonging 15-year-old Priscila Korange, which \nwas found at the hideout of the suspect as proof that he is neck deep in\n the kidnappings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHundreds\n of residents within the metropolis flooded the court itching to see the\n suspected kidnapper,\u201d Quansah reported from the court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The court presided over by Michael Ampadu, has adjourned the case to January 16 upon request of the state prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Victims<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\n latest victim of the wave of kidnappings includes a 16-year-old Senior \nHigh School student who was captured on August 15, 2018, according to \nthe reporter. She was found at dawn the next day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n She could not speak when she was found close to her home, Quansah reported. She could only write and send text messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According\n to reports, the teenager later drew a snake with two heads, signs that \nsome have associated with rituals, waist beads and strange objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another\n victim, a 21-year-old woman, was kidnapped and held for a long time \nuntil her family paid a GH\u00a24,000 ransom via mobile money to secure her \nrelease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notorious kidnapper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The suspected serial kidnapper in the Western Region town was re-arrested on Friday dawn after breaking cells last week.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n His re-arrest \nand the suspicion that his escape may have been facilitated by some \npolice personnel triggered the residents and relatives of the kidnapped \ngirls to stage the protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Police are yet \nto give details on how the suspect was re-arrested but photos show the \nsuspect bloodied in the head and without pants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, the \nrelatives of some kidnapped victims were called by the Bureau for \nNational Investigations (BNI) officials Friday morning to identify the \nsuspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Kidnap-demonstration\"\/](\"http:\/\/photos.myjoyonline.com\/photos\/news\/201901\/1281769155265_6544517083145.jpg\")
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Samuel Udoterg Willison was sent to court in handcuffs on Wednesday<\/strong><\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn the video below, Priscila\u2019s father narrates his experience:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n