April 1st 2024- A US-based Ghanaian couple has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of their 5-year-old son who was brutally baten and left for dead on Long Island. The couple, identified as Valerie Owusu and Emmanuel Addae, were convicted on March 22, 2024 nearly three years after Owusu’s son, King, was found dead in a home in Brentwood, New York City. District Attorney Raymond Tierney in a press release said: “This little boy was beaten and suffered for days at the hands of these defendants, one of whom was his own mother, until he unfortunately succumbed to his severe and extensive injuries.
