“It was the boy’s brother who found the body in the trunk and contacted police,” said police spokesman Col. Fahd Al-Ghanim.

The brother also told police that the boy was suffering from psychological problems. Police did not find any signs of abuse on the victim’s body.

“The body will be kept in the morgue until investigations are completed,” the spokesman said.

Meanwhile, police were contacted after a man’s body was found along a desert road in Wadi Al-Mareer.

Criminal investigation officers found a deep wound on the body but could not identify him. Police later identified the man’s killer, who had run away to Jeddah.

During questioning, the 21-year-old suspect, an African overstayer,, acknowledged the crime and said he had killed the man while he was sleeping and stole his money.