# 5-month-old baby stolen at Asafo Market, police launch manhunt for female suspect - MyJoyOnline

> Panic has gripped traders at the Asafo Market in Kumasi after a five-month-old baby boy was allegedly stolen by an unknown woman in the early hours of Sunday.

- Published: 2026-09-22T10:30:41.568Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T18:00:31.239Z
- 1 source
- Topics: Politics
- Involves: Asafo Market, Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council, Baby theft at Opera Site, Brian Opare Addo, Cape Coast Bus Terminal, Chief Superintendent Samuel Kofi Gamson, Ejisu Divisional Police Command, Emmanuel Acheampong, Freda Owusu, Kidnapping and murder of Cheikh Toure, Kumasi, Opera Site

## How it developed

- 2026-09-22T10:30:41.568Z - MyJoyOnline: [5-month-old baby stolen at Asafo Market, police launch manhunt for female suspect - MyJoyOnline](https://www.myjoyonline.com/5-month-old-baby-stolen-at-asafo-market-police-launch-manhunt-for-female-suspect/)
- 2026-09-23T18:00:42.230Z - MyJoyOnline: [Parents of missing baby at Asafo Market arrested over false accusation against woman - MyJoyOnline](https://www.myjoyonline.com/parents-of-missing-baby-at-asafo-market-arrested-over-false-accusation-against-woman/)
- 2026-09-24T08:30:51.813Z - MyJoyOnline: [Ejisu Police release parents, arrest caretaker over missing five-month-old baby from Asafo Market - MyJoyOnline](https://www.myjoyonline.com/ejisu-police-release-parents-arrest-caretaker-over-missing-five-month-old-baby-from-asafo-market/)
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- 2026-09-25T17:30:34.785Z - MyJoyOnline: [Three more arrested as investigation into alleged 2026 school placement fraud expands - MyJoyOnline](https://www.myjoyonline.com/three-more-arrested-as-investigation-into-alleged-2026-school-placement-fraud-expands/)
- 2026-09-25T18:00:31.239Z - MyJoyOnline: [Four more arrested over alleged 2026 school placement fraud - MyJoyOnline](https://www.myjoyonline.com/four-more-arrested-over-alleged-2026-school-placement-fraud/)

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