A 22-year-old taxi driver, Seth Nkansah, was mysteriously murdered and abandoned at Krokosue Forest Reserve in the Sefwi-Wiawso District of the Western Region.

The deceased was found in the forest with syringe hole on the arm and chest indicating that his blood was drained.

The Sekondi Police confirmed the death of the deceased to the GNA in Sekondi on Wednesday.

The corpse of the deceased had been deposited at the Sefwi-Juaboso Government Hospital pending autopsy.

The police said the wife of the deceased; Stella Nkansah, reported to the Asawinso police that her husband, a taxi driver, had not returned home from work.

The police conducted investigations into the matter and later found the decomposing corpse of Nkansah at the Krokosue forest on Tuesday, July 3.

The police are still Investigations continue. **