Casual worker wanted for employer’s murder
Police in Sheema District are hunting for a man on allegations of murdering his employer using an axe.
Martial Tumusiime, the greater Bushenyi region police spokesperson, confirmed the incident and identified the suspect as Mutebi Muzafaru, a casual worker and resident of Kishoroza cell, Karera South ward, Kashozi division in Sheema municipality while the victim who was hacked to death with an axe was identified as Mwigarire Imelda, the suspect’s 65-year-old employer.
Tumusiime noted that the incident happened on Thursday in Kimondo II village, Kitagata ward, Kitagata town council in Sheema District. The suspect is said to have started working at the home of the deceased on Sunday, 14th January 2024 as a domestic worker.
He was staying there with the deceased whose husband stays in Kasese where he does business.
“This morning, the victim and the suspect were not sighted as the cows were mooing because of not being milked in the morning as usual. This prompted neighbours to inform the husband who called the deceased, and her phone was off, “said Tumusiime.
Police responded to the scene and found the kitchen locked with two padlocks, and upon breaking the door, they found the victim lying dead in a pool of blood.
John Rwomushana, the husband to the deceased revealed that some properties, which include a flat screen TV and hoofers were missing and he suspects they were robbed by the suspect.
The body of the deceased has been conveyed to Kitagata hospital for postmortem as investigations into the matter continue.
