A young man was in the early hours of Wednesday lynched at Lebanon Zone One, a suburb of Ashaiman for allegedly stealing a goat.
An eye witness account said the deceased was unknown in the community and might have been lynched somewhere and dumped at the area.
It said the deceased was left in mud around 3:00 a.m. and died two hours later.
As at 9:00 a.m. when GNA left the scene the corpse soaked in blood was lying in the open with the dead pregnant goat beside it surrounded by a crowd.
Personnel at Lebanon Police Station confirmed the incident and covered the corpse with a cloth to be deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.