Boy beheaded on farm

A 12-year old class three pupil, Solomon Yawson, of Nsuakyere Methodist Primary School was on Sunday, August 24, found dead without his head on a coconut plantation farm at Nsuakyere Township in Effutu Municipality.

According to the Winneba District Police Crime Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr Kwesi Sarkodie Addo, two family members of the deceased, Mr Patrick Yawson and Mr Charles Bonney, on Sunday reported to the police of the disappearance of the boy.

He said, according to the complainants, the boy and his uncle, Fred Botchway alias Kwesi Akum, 26, now at large, both left to a coconut plantation farm at about 0830 hours.

He said, later in the day the parents of the deceased suspected a foul play and sent a search party to the farm where they did not find either the deceased or Akum.

However, a thorough search on the farm led to the discovery of the beheaded corpse.

ASP Addo said the body has since been deposited at Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital for autopsy while a manhunt is in place to arrest Akum, the suspect.