Six-year-old girl, Hidaya Mahmoud, was found dead in a parked vehicle at a mechanic shop in Suame, Ashanti Region, on May 7, 2025, three days after she was reported missing.
She had disappeared after accompanying her mother to Suame Market on Sunday, May 4. Despite extensive efforts by the family, including police involvement and local media outreach, she could not be located in time.
Her body was discovered by mechanics and has since been buried following Islamic customs.
Mahmoud Aboubakar, father of Hidaya, recounted how the body of his daughter was discovered.
“I was in the house when my wife came to me for money to get things for the child, as school is about to resume. But later in the day, she called me to inform me that our child was nowhere to be found, so I should come around, and indeed, when I got to her destination, the child was nowhere to be found.
“We roamed around the town, and she was nowhere to be found, so we reported the case to the police that day, but we were asked to come back after 24 hours. We went to the police station in the morning with the child’s picture. So it was just yesterday that someone told me that he had found a girl dead in a car,” he said.
Police have since launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death.
