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Second Heaven, a town near Sefwi-Debiso, was turned into a veritable �Second Hell�, when a man who could not stand his girlfriend�s demand for money for a new hairdo, allegedly shot and killed her and later committed suicide. In what started as a normal early morning confrontation between the two lovers on Thursday, November 19, 2009, unfortunately turned tragic when the man, Kwabena Kyei, 31, a farm caretaker, shot and killed his girlfriend, Adwoa Moah, 30, an incident which threw the whole town into mourning. According to a source in the town, Kyei welcomed the girlfriend to his house in the evening of last Wednesday, when they ate and retired to bed. The source said a serious fight ensued between the two lovers who were full of life and love the previous night. According to the source, what provoked the fight was Kyei�s girlfriend�s demand for money for a new hairdo. Kyei was said to have taken offence and rained insults on his girlfriend as well as raised other issues, which provoked Adwoa. Adwoa was said to have responded angrily resulting in a confrontation between her and Kyei. Kyei, then rushed into his landlord�s bedroom and allegedly took his gun and fired at the lower abdomen of Adwoa, killing her on the spot. Kyei, brandishing the gun, escaped from arrest from the people, but he was later found dead on the cocoa farm of his property owner on Friday, November 20, 2009. When the Daily Graphic contacted the Brong Ahafo Regional Police Command, the Regional Crime Officer, Mr Victor Agbetornyo, confirmed the story and said they were investigating the incident. The bodies of the two, according to the police, had been deposited at the Dormaa Ahenkro Holy Family Hospital in the Bia District of the Brong Ahafo Region.