Police in Tutume, Botswana are looking for a yet to be
identified Zimbabwean man who allegedly murdered his 27-year-old live-in
partner in Nkange village before vanishing.
Tutume Police Station commander, superintendent Jerry
Halahala said that they are searching for the suspect whose identity is still
unknown.
Though the police are on a manhunt for the suspect, reports
show that it is a hard task at hand tracing the unknown suspect.
The police said that they have engaged the Zimbabwe
Republic Police through International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol)
so that they can assist in tracking the suspect. He is believed to have crossed
the Botswana-Zimbabwe border illegally to his home country.
Halahala said that they are using the description of the
suspect in the search, as they do not have his full name and age.
According to Halahala, a neighbour who reported the matter
to the police said that she went to the deceased’s compound to charge her
mobile phone and found her dead and alone in her bedroom.
The neigbour made the shocking discovery on May 31, 2020 at Ipungu ward in Nkange.
Strange enough the suspect, who has vanished into thin air
after the horrific murder, is believed to be the deceased’s boyfriend and
father of her three children.
The police urged the community to desist from harbouring
illegal immigrants and urged them to report suspected illegal immigrants in
their community to village leaders such as dikgosi, area councillor or even the
police.
He said: “When serious crimes like this are committed, we
end up failing to identify the suspect(s) because villagers do not know much
about them. Like in this case, the suspect had stayed with the deceased for a
long period of time, but still remained a stranger to many in the community”.
He pleaded with those who know the suspect or are aware of
his whereabouts, to come forward and assist the police with information that
can be helpful to the investigation. Mmegi
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