A 33-year-old female undertaker, Maame Ekua, also known as Elizabeth Sackey, has been found dead in her boyfriend’s room at Essikadu in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region.
The deceased, a single mother of three, reportedly told her mother, Ekua Tawiah Badu, on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, that she would be travelling to Obuasi over the weekend for an assignment involving the preparation of a body.
According to her mother, she left home on Thursday, November 5, leaving her with the impression that she was travelling to Obuasi.
However, on Saturday, November 7, her mother received a phone call informing her of an emergency involving her daughter at Essikadu Hospital.
She immediately rushed to the hospital but was unable to find her daughter there. She was subsequently directed to a house at Essikadu, where she was reportedly informed that her daughter had been found dead in a room.
Her boyfriend, who was reportedly away when the incident occurred, is in police custody.
