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Taryonnoh, the girlfriend of Assistant Supervisor of Schools, Francis Nyepan, was allegedly heard by a group searching for Tweh saying that "if they would be so lucky to find him, only his bones they might see". This sparked the arrest of 12 people, a majority of whom were government officials.
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These murders went unreported and uninvestigated until the murder of a local fisherman and popular singer, Moses Tweh. Tweh was abducted on June 26, 1977. His body was discovered on July 4, 1977, heavily mutilated with his eyes, ears, nose, tongue and penis removed. Prior to the discovery of Tweh's
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in the 1970s. The crimes have been regarded as "Liberia's most notorious ritual killing case" due to the number of murders, the involvement of high ranking government officials and their subsequent public executions.
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The accused were forced to walk through the street naked "carrying two buckets loaded with sand". They were allegedly tortured during interrogation.
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361:"Seven convicts in the Harper murder case of Moses Tweh in March, 1977, who were convicted by the Supreme Court were hanged here today".
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The Hanging of the Harper Seven, Liberia - 16 February 1979
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