Margibi County — The body of a 14-year-old girl, identified as Unit Mulbah, has been discovered in the Wea Creek in Weala, Margibi County, several days after she and another girl, 9-year-old Liamah Mulbah, went missing.
According to police and eyewitness accounts, the two girls were last seen on Saturday, October 11, 2025, after leaving their homes in the Coal Base Community of Weala.
In a voluntary statement to police, Felecia Mulbah, mother of the deceased, recounted that around 10:00 a.m. on the day of their disappearance, Unit entered her room complaining of hunger. Felecia said she instructed her daughter to make a fire and heat water for her bath but later noticed that the child had not returned.
When she asked her 8-year-old son, Dualu Mulbah, about Unit's whereabouts, he told her that his sister had walked toward the Bueluqulleh Community road. Felecia said she then sent Dualu to call Unit back, but when he returned alone, she decided to search for her daughter herself.
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She walked toward the Peace Island Community, located along the Bueluqulleh highway leading to their family farm. There, a girl identified as Fefe Williams told her that she had seen Unit and Liamah heading in the direction of the farm.
Felecia said she continued to the crossing point leading to the farm but could not cross the Wea Creek due to high water levels and a flooded single-log bridge. She returned home and did not immediately report the disappearance. The following morning, October 12, she, along with her sister Patience Mulbah and a community member, Abraham F. Tambah, filed a missing persons report at the Weala Police Depot.
Meanwhile, Annie Sumo, mother of the other missing girl, told investigators that she had left her daughters, Liamah and Unit, at home while she went to fetch water from a nearby pump. When she returned, both girls were gone.
Annie said she was told by another young girl that the two children had gone to the farm to dig cassava. After multiple unsuccessful searches, she encountered Felecia Mulbah, who was also looking for her daughter.
Following the report, the Liberia National Police, in collaboration with local residents, launched a search along the banks of the Wea Creek. During the search, an empty 25kg rice bag was found floating near the shore. Inside were two pairs of slippers--one blue and one pink--believed to belong to the missing girls.
Felecia identified the blue slippers and the charcoal bag as her daughter's, while Annie recognized the pink slippers and a kitchen knife inside the bag as belonging to her daughter, Liamah.
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The discovery of these items prompted an intensified search effort, which led to the recovery of Unit Mulbah's partially decomposed body from the creek. Authorities said the girl appeared to have drowned.
A 15-member jury panel was later constituted to examine the remains, and their preliminary findings indicated no foul play.
As of press time, the whereabouts of 9-year-old Liamah Mulbah remain unknown. Police and community members have continued the search along the Wea River while investigations into the circumstances surrounding the girls' disappearance are ongoing.
