Missing 81-year-old man found dead with body parts severed

An 81-year-old man has been found dead with his left hand and an ankle severed after going missing for two weeks at Kwatiri, near Odumase, in the Sunyani West District of the Bono Region.

Samuel Korang, alias True, was mentally unstable.

It was reported that Mr Korang had left home two weeks ago, and all efforts to find him proved futile.

The family confirmed that their father was sick, which left him mentally unstable, but he was on treatment.

They explained that Mr. Korang usually left home and always returned later.

However, they kept searching for him for two weeks, reported the incident to the police, and had some radio stations announce it on their platforms.

Samuel Korang was never found until his mortal remains were discovered in a decomposing state along a river bank by a farmer.

According to the farmer, he was on his way to his poultry farm but branched to his palm farm to harvest some mushrooms.

When he arrived at the site, there was an unpleasant odour emanating from the other side of his land.

He walked to the scene, only to find the lifeless body of the old man.

The legs of the deceased were immense in the river, and his T-shirt was tied to his head.

His left hand and an ankle were also severed from his body.

The farmer then raised an alarm, which drew the attention of the family and other residents around.

The traditional authorities in the area have performed rites and invoked curses on those suspected of having killed Samuel Korang.

They also pleaded with the gods to pardon them and deliver them from any calamities that may befall them, following the way the man was allegedly murdered.

The police have since launched an investigation into the matter.