US-based Ghanaian couple convicted of beating 5-yr-old son to death, to face life imprisonment

According to the report, prosecutors alleged Owusu and Addae beatt the child with “at least four different instruments” over a three-day period in 2021. The boy’s condition deteriorated, and he eventually lost consciousness.

A Ghanaian couple based in the US, 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 New York City.


They were found guilty of brutally beating the child with “at least four different instruments” over three days in 2021, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.

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.”