An Eastern Cape man has been caught with his teenaged nephew's private parts in his wallet

The 18-year-old went missing in Thebe Locality, Nqobo, on Sunday, said Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela.

"On Wednesday, the community found his private parts in his uncle's wallet. Police were then called," he said.

Fatyela said the 42-year-old man took the police to Malande Forest where they found the youth's mutilated body.

His head, arms and legs had been chopped off and were found not far from his torso.

The man would appear on a murder charge in the Nqobo Magistrate's Court on Friday, said Fatyela.