{
  "id": 12472323,
  "title": "Investigators meet family, community over deaths of 3 children found in car trunk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/investigators-meet-family-community-over-deaths-of-3-children-found-12472323",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T21:04:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/investigators-meet-family-community-over-deaths-of-3-children-found-in-car-trunk-2/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Authorities probing the deaths of three children found in a vehicle in Ghana's Tamale region have met with affected families and community members, as investigations intensify to determine the cause of the tragedy. The family and community meetings took place on Tuesday evening, involving the Northern Regional Police Command and the Ghana Immigration Service's Regional Command.\n\nThe children, Dauda Abdul Aziz, 3, Saani Alsharaf, 5, and Dauda Fadilan, 7, were discovered dead in the boot of a black Hyundai Tucson on Monday, October 5, at Koblimahagu Zoo in Tamale. The kids are believed to have left their home on Sunday morning for Islamic studies but never returned. Their bodies were found in the vehicle, which police claimed was stuck in mud.\n\nThe biological parents of the deceased have been invited to the Regional Police Command to assist with the investigation. Preliminary autopsy results suggest the children did not die from natural causes, leading police to classify the case as a potential murder. Authorities are conducting a toxicological examination to gather additional information on the cause of death and the circumstances surrounding the incident.",
  "summary": "Investigators probing the deaths of three children found in the boot of a vehicle belonging to a Ghana Immigration Service officer have met with family and community members in Tamale as efforts intensify to establish what led to their deaths. The engagement, which took place on Tuesday evening, brought together investigators, the Northern Regional Police Command and the Regional Command of the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Investigators meet family, community over deaths of 3 children found in car trunk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/investigators-meet-family-community-over-deaths-of-3-children-found",
        "published": "2026-10-06T20:17:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Tamale child deaths: Investigators meet family, community members as probe intensifies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/tamale-child-deaths-investigators-meet-family-community-members-as",
        "published": "2026-10-06T20:50:40.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}