Stepfather on the run

A stepfather is reportedly on the run for allegedly impregnating his foster-daughter in Chocolate City, Gardnerville.

By: Emmanuel Wise Jipoh

Monrovia, Liberia, August 13, 2025 – A 46-year-old man identified as December Tutu, is reportedly on the run after being accused of raping and impregnating his 18-year-old foster-daughter.

Tension sparked in Chocolate City, along Japan Freeway Drive in the Monrovia outskirt of Gardnerville on Sunday, 10th August 2025, when angry community women and youth groups desecrated the home of Suspect Tutu, demanding immediate intervention of the Liberia National Police (LNP).

This is after residents discovered that Mr. Tutu had allegedly been having sexual affairs with his stepdaughter. The incident occurred around Jobo Football Field, Central Chocolate City.

Observers told The NEW DAWN that Suspect Tutu, a contractor of the Freeport of Monrovia, has been sleeping with his daughter since she was 13, and allegedly threating to take her life if she told anyone about their affairs.

“Tutu is very wicked; he is an evil man and has been having sex with this girl since she was small,” a female resident, Musu Peter, said.

“Every day, I can see this man and his daughter passed in front of my house to go buy pepper soup rice, and I have been wondering, where is this girl’s mother, and why is it every time she and only her father are always passing?” Another resident of the community, Roosevelt Tolbert, noted.

The victim was recently promoted to 9^th Grade at Bob-Bite Academy School in Chocolate City Community.

Further reports confirmed that she carries a three (3) months’ pregnancy for her –stepfather and had informed a close neighbor what was happening to her, as she confronts severe stomach pain.

Other sources indicated that Suspect Tutu is not biological father of the victim.

“I do not believe this man is the real father of the [girl]; if he is, he is very wicked and needs to go to jail for life.”

“This man must not go free,” a neighbor shouted. “We will sit here until the Police take him away.”

However, on Monday, August 11, a community dweller informed this paper the suspect escaped the community overnight and is currently on the run.

Meanwhile, the Liberia National Police (LNP) has launched a manhunt for him to be brought before the full weight of the law, if guilty.

Residents frowned on the incident and expressed frustration, recalling that many similar incidents are swept under the rug in Liberia, often under condition of “family matters” or “shame management.”

Too often, victims remain silent out of fear, while perpetrators hide behind family ties. Rape in Liberia is a felony punishable by 10 years imprisonment or life sentence. Editing by Jonathan Browne