Police probe man for allegedly selling human parts

By Patrick N. Mensah, Maryland County

A 27-year-old man, Francis Sanpon, has been arrested and incarcerated by the Liberia National Police for allegedly selling human parts in Boneken, the outskirts of Pleebo, Maryland County, Southeast Liberia.

The situation occurred on Sunday, September 10, 2023, when residents of the town informed the Police.

Narrating the entire ordeal to reporters, Alex D. Bouty, a resident of the town said, while going on his farm on Sunday morning to spray, he saw the suspect coming from the bush with a bag that he said contains bush meat for sale.

Mr. Bouty explains that he approached Suspect Francis Sanpon and asked him that he wanted some of the meat to buy.

He says when the suspect opened the bag, he was very concerned what kind of meat because he hasn’t seen such meat before.

He adds that with further observation   and questions, Suspect Sanpon said that it wasn’t meat but rather human parts he was carrying in the bag.

According to Bouty, Suspect Sanpon admitted that on Friday, September 8, 2023, he visited the burial site of a  three days ago baby, who have died at Karloken health center and was subsequently buried.

“Let me say, we were all concerned and he was tortured since he admitted that it wasn’t meat but later informed us that on Friday he had visited the site of a three years old baby that was buried on Thursday and removed [exhumed] the body took it on his farm, and when he got on his farm, it was when he allegedly chopped the dead body into pieces for sale and ate some parts, including the feet and head”, he discloses.

He further alleges that the suspect also admitted to selling some of the body parts to others who left the town, including mother of the three years old deceased.

Mr. Bouty notes that the situation has left residents panicking because it’s strange for such to have happened in the town and they hope the law will take its course.

Suspect Sanpon is currently undergoing police investigation in the county.

Sources also informed this paper that the suspect has been noted for such an act, disclosing that he allegedly killed his colleague at a gold mine after he noticed that the victim had found a piece of gold and he was caught wearing underclothes of a female that died in 2022 in Maryland after visiting the grave site of the deceased. Editing by Jonathan Browne