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The remains of a teenager suspected to have been murdered and dumped on the Assin Fosu – Yamoransa highway was Monday retrieved by the police.

The lifeless body of the light-skinned female who is yet to be identified was found near Assin Fosu in the Central Region.

The body had been dumped near a fuel station.

The police have since conveyed the body to the mortuary at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.

A police investigation is underway.

She is suspected to be around 18 and 19 years old and had a slit throat.

She is yet to be identified.