Ghanaian Hiplife musician, Castro, will officially be declared dead by law next year if he is not found after disappeared during a Jet Ski cruise on the Volta River on July 6, 2014.

He marked his 38th birthday of Frida, 2nd of May, 2020, with congratulatory messages coming in from Ghanaian celebrities, but it has now been gathered that he will be declared legally dead by a court if he does not show up between this year and the next. 

According to The Evidence Act of 1975, Section 33, a person can only be declared legally dead after seven years by a court, where the person in question has not been seen or heard from in seven years despite diligent and persistent efforts to find him or her. This position of the law was explained by entertainment lawyer Kwame Koduah Atuahene on Tuesday when Graphic Showbiz consulted him on the issue in 2014.

He explained that Castro's properties could not be given to the intended recipients until the seven years has passed.

"If there were any proceeds to be derived from joint ventures such as businesses and song collaborations that Castro has done with anyone in terms of sales and proceeds, it would still have to split jointly, this is done to ensure no one tramples on his rights,” he said.

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Lawyer Atuahene, however, explained that these were presumptions and as such, if anyone could provide any facts or evidence of Castro’s availability or if he could be found before the seven-year elapse, then everything would proceed as normal since.

On July 6, 2014, Castro and Miss Janet Bandu were reported to have drowned following a jet ski accident in Ada Estuary while on holiday with the Gyan brothers. The jet ski involved in the accident was recovered on the same day of their disappearance but their bodies have not been retrieved, despite a search by the police.