According to the family members, Ayeranga was reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Thursday last week while in Kampala who whisked him to an unknown destination.
According to reports, Aisha Nampiina, a neighbor of the infant, took the child to a circumcision center run by an individual named Kato without the consent or knowledge of the baby's mother, Efrance Gwere.
Nelson Tumushime, the Rwenzori East Police Spokesperson, stated that the two unlawfully entered the national park and were apprehended with suspected hippopotamus meat.
Neighbors initially speculated that they had been strangled and their bodies dumped at the shores of Lake Victoria, as their clothes were found on the beach, fueling further suspicions.