Missing girl,8, found dead

An eight-year-old girl, Josephine Akyekuo who was reported missing at Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region last Sunday, was later found dead in a cocoa farm on Monday.

According to information gathered, Josephine was in the house with her parents last Sunday afternoon. However, surprisingly, the girl disappeared from the house and her whereabouts were not known. Several attempts to find her yielded no results.

According to an eyewitness, Dr Daud, he observed marks suggesting her neck had been twisted, although there were no visible bloodstains on the body.

She was found naked in a prone position in a cocoa farm near Nkwakaw, a suburb of Sefwi-Asawinso.

Meanwhile, some of the residents have linked the alleged murder of the eight-year-old girl to ritual killing.

The residents asserted that the purported ritual murderers might have used a syringe to draw blood from the girl for their alleged ritual purposes, which led to the death of the girl and her lifeless body later dumped in the cocoa farm.

Residents are calling for swift investigations to uncover the circumstances surrounding the young girl’s death and to ensure those responsible are brought to justice.