A 26-year-old man has confessed to killing his mother and secretly burying her at Koforidua-Kyekyewere in the Eastern Region.
Mercy Oforiwaa, a retired Roads and Highway Authority staff, was declared missing on June 17, 2023.
This prompted the family to launch a wide search for her after officially reporting to the police.
Before her disappearance, she lived with her son, Gideon Asomani Addo, the suspect.
Meanwhile, a neighbour who suspected Gideon Asomani Addo of stealing his iron rods got him arrested and during interrogation, he also confessed to killing his mother and burying her in an uncompleted building near their home.
Speaking to the media, the sister of the suspect said they were hoping to find her a few days after she went missing but after seven months all hope was lost.
“She has dementia so we were praying and hoping she would return home. We have done posters searching for her whereabouts, reported to police, and went on radio stations to make announcements. We have searched for her all over the region but to no avail
“However in recent times, I suspected my brother because of his strange behaviours but he looked too innocent until I noticed he had taken an uninstalled toilet seat from the house. When I asked he said a man whose house is nearby asked him to bring them to his house for safe keeping but when I called the man he denied it, “she narrated.
The suspect led the police to the burial site on Wednesday, December 6 to ascertain the truth of his confession.
He is currently in custody as the police are processing the appropriate permits to exhume the body for investigations.