The joy and happiness that characterise Christmas were virtually absent, when an 86 year-old man was found dead, with blood stains around the neck and legs in the early hours of Monday at the Sunyani Area Two.
Police have since deposited the body of Yaw Atta, a retired employee of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) at the Sunyani Regional Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.
Residents told Skynews they were in a state of shock and disbelief, during a visit to the neighbourhood.
The body was discovered in a supine position on a student mattress on the floor in a storeroom which served as the deceased accommodation.
According to a police situational report sighted by Sky News though there were no marks of assault, blood was found around the deceased neck with stains on the legs.
“The room was seen undisturbed with no sign of struggle”, it said, explaining one Agartha, the deceased granddaughter went to sweep his (deceased) isolated store room accommodation and found the motionless body.
