Reports from Fish Town, the capital city of the southeastern Liberian County of River Gee say the Liberia National Police has launched a manhunt for killer (s) of a 46-year-old Hunter identified as Mark Woryea, who was discovered dead on farm last Thursday, June 18, 2020.
The farm is said to be minutes away from Fish Town, which is 214 miles from Monrovia.
The deceased, Mark Woryea reportedly left his home last Tuesday on a hunting expedition in the bush and didn’t return until he was discovered dead on Thursday, after the farm owner Richard D. Toe went to check on his crops.
Eyewitness Toe said when he got on his farm, he started smelling rotten thing and decided to check around his farm to know what is smelling and after a massive search, he found the lifeless body of the deceased lying on his farm.
Mr. Toe told residents that after he discovered the deceased, he ran in town to report the matter to the police. He and officers of the Liberia National Police later went in bush.
A 15-man Corinor Jury set up to examin the body discovered that the man shot on his back by an unknown gunman, the bullet shell found near him.
According to the report, the man was due to have been buried on Friday, June 19, 2020 but up to present, no arrest has been made.
River Gee County authorities have assured the bereaved family that the perpetrator(s) will be brought to Justice.
In another development, a 41-year-old pregnant woman known as Patricia Brown has allegedly suffered maltreatment from the hands of the Liberia Drug enforcement Agency (LDEA) recently in RiverGee County.
According to local reports, the eight-month-old pregnant woman was on her way to Fish Town referral hospital for her regular checkup in order know the status of her pregnancy when the incident happened.
When she got to the Dwehken checkpoint between Grand Kru and RiverGee Counties, she was told by a LDEA officer to get down from a motorbike and wash her hands, but she told the officer that she was not feeling well and she is on her way to hospital.
After making response, the LDEA officer demanded her to come down from the motorbike to wash her hands, something she. But while doing that, she heard the officer rudely talking to her and questioning why she never waited for ambulance to come for her before coming down from the bike. But the pregnant woman responded by asking him whether he didn’t have wife or sister to his house that he could demand that she got down from the bike in her condition.
According to the woman, after she made that statement to LDEA officer, he allegedly started beating on her, using stick to beat her back, thus causing her to fall becoming unconscious. She said she only regain consciousness after being treated at the referral hospital.
Victim Patricia Brown is said to be suffering from internal bleeding, as local authorities have promised to launch investigation into her allegation against the LDEA officer. Report by Garmah Never Lomo