A disturbing discovery in a Brooklyn neighborhood has left a family searching for answers after the body of a 24-year-old college student was allegedly abandoned on a residential sidewalk.
Surveillance footage from October 29 appears to show two men removing a large duffel bag from a white sedan before dragging it to the curb in Canarsie. Inside was Joseph Owusu, a computer science student originally from Ghana who lived in the Bronx.
The footage shows the car pulling over with its hazard lights on, its trunk open and both rear doors left ajar. One of the men struggles to move the heavy bag before leaving it between a tree and a parking meter. The other stays close to the vehicle.
Owusu’s remains were discovered the following morning, October 30, by someone searching the area for scrap metal.
For his family, the surveillance footage has become an important part of their search for answers. They are hoping someone will recognize the individuals captured on camera and help investigators establish what happened to Joseph.
His relatives had spoken with him earlier that week and said there had been no indication that anything was wrong.
“He was loved by everyone”
Now, his brother, Kojo Yeboah, is appealing to the public for information and demanding accountability for his death.
“I need justice for Joseph. I want the truth to come out, the truth to come out, because my brother didn’t deserve to die the way he did. He was only 24. He had a lot of living to do,” he said, per The Sun.
Joseph was an active member of Ghana United Methodist church, where he regularly played the piano.
“He loved the church. He loved things of God,” Yeboah said. “From the church, from his friends, he was loved by everyone, everyone.”
An autopsy was underway to establish his cause of death, while the NYPD continued investigating the circumstances surrounding the case. No arrests had been announced at the time of writing.
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