Police in Western Province have exhumed the body of a 29 year old female police officer who was said to be murdered by her lover and later buried in a shallow grave.

Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says the body of Caroline Chembwe has since been buried after postmortem was conducted on site as it was found in a decomposed state.

Ms Katongo says further investigations have revealed that one of the suspects identified as Edward Mwanza aged 23 was actually not an intimate friend to the victim as he initially claimed but that the two came to know each other at a time when the victim advertised to sell her motor vehicle to which the suspect had expressed interest.

Ms Katongo narrates that the victim is reported to have been picked from Katima Mulilo Police Post on 08th August, 2018 by the suspect Edward Mwanza who was in possession of the said motor vehicle at the time, on pretext that he pays a down payment towards the purchase of the motor vehicle.

She further narrates that when they reached the suspect’s home, the victim received a phone call from another interested buyer who offered to get the vehicle at a better price which made the victim change her mind and this angered Edward Mwanza who picked a knife and stabbed the victim.

She has disclosed that the suspect is later alleged to have locked the victim in the house and went to stay with his friends until at the time when he decided to dispose of the body with the help his co-accused Dan Njimbu after stacking it in a sack.

The Police Spokesperson states that the two have been jointly charged for Murder while Edward Mwanza has also been charged with Aggravated Robbery contrary to section 294 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.

Ms Katongo says the accused persons are detained in police custody and will appear in court soon.
In another development, Police in Kayama have arrested a 44 years old man of Lusaka’s John Laing Compound for allegedly defiling his 14 years old step daughter.

Ms Katongo says the suspect is reported to have had defiled the victim on several occasions between 1st January, 2016 and 17th August, 2018.

ZPIn a related development, Police in Kanyama received a report of incest in which a man identified as Fidelis Jipupa is alleged to have had carnal knowledge of his biological daughter who is a minor.