Missing 5yr old boy found dead in a parked car in Imo State

A missing five year-old boy has been found dead inside a parked car in a compound at Ishiuzor, Egbu Community, in Owerri North council area of Imo State.

According to TheNation, the boy was found dead at a compound in the neighbourhood where he was sent to buy sachet water. “He was sent to buy pure water at a particular compound in the neighbourhood. The boy never came back. A search party was launched for the boy and he was never found till after five days. His corpse was eventually found on the fifth day at the same compound where he was sent to buy pure water,” a source told TheNation.

The parents of the boy alleges that the woman who sells provision at the compound has answers to the death of their son. However, the police spokesperson, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the death of the child. Ikeokwu, also disclosed that the couple who sells provisions at the compound where the boy was found dead had been arrested and the matter transferred to the state police command in Owerri, the state capital.