A six-month-old baby has been found dead in a Polytank filled with water at a construction site at the Nkurakan community in Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region.
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The baby got missing on Saturday, May 6, 2023, but was found drowned in Polytank erected about 8 feet tall above ground level the next day Sunday afternoon.
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The mother is said to have left the now-deceased baby in the custody of other children to fetch water. But upon return, the children told her a man came around and picked up the baby.
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A frantic search for the baby proved futile on the fateful Saturday.
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A continuous search on Sunday found the baby drowned in a Polytank at a construction site near the house.
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A ladder was used to climb the Polytank to get inside to retrieve the body of the baby.
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The body has been deposited at the morgue of Eastern Regional Hospital by Police to aid the investigation.
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The Police have not meanwhile arrested a suspect.
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