Missing son of US-based Ghanaian pastor found dead

The 22-year-old son of Reverend Maxwell Appiah, lead pastor at Revelation City Church in the United States of America (USA), who went missing for 10 days, has been found dead.

A search party found Darius Appiah’s lifeless body on Saturday morning at a creek in Frederiksberg, Virginia.

Reverend Kofi Adonteng Boateng, who was part of the search party, announced the unfortunate development on Facebook.

Darius was last seen on Wednesday, January 23, 2024, when he left work at 2:22 pm after ordering a meal for pickup.

In the bid to find Darius, his parents, in a plea shared on social media, called on intercessors to join them in prayer for the safe return of their son.

They urged everyone to share the message to mobilize a larger search effort and requested anyone with information or connections that could aid in locating Darius to contact the Sheriff’s Office.

Darius was wearing a blue winter coat, blue jeans, and brown hiking boots. He was said to be driving a dark green 2004 Lexus RX330 SUV with Virginia license plate VBT8217.

According to an official complaint filed with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, his phone was turned off about an hour later, making it difficult to locate him.

Since then, there has been no sight of him, nor has his phone been switched back on until his body was discovered, a situation which has left his family devastated.