09 Apr 2024

Maun police are investigating an incident what is suspected to be a murder-suicide incident that took place at Mochaba, some few kilometres from Shorobe over the weekend.

Station commander, Supt Dennis Zilawe, confirmed to BOPA that investigations were ongoing to establish the cause of two deaths involving a 20-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man who were reported to be in a relationship.

He said police received a report on Sunday morning from the man’s parents after they found him hanging from a tree, some metres away from their homestead.

He said the duo were said to be cohabiting at the home of the man’s parents, and on Sunday morning when the whole family gathered for breakfast as usual, the duo did not show up.

Supt Zilawe said the concerned parents then sent one of the siblings to check on the couple and upon arrival at their tent, the child found the woman lying down motionless and tried to wake her up.

“Noticing that she was not responding, she alerted the parents who rushed to the tent and their efforts to wake her up were in vain.

Then they traced the man and found him hanging from a tree just some few metres from home and they reported the matter to the police,” he added.

He said the police went to the scene and took the two bodies to Letsholathebe Memorial Hospital where they were certified dead.

Supt Zilawe said because the woman had no injuries, a post mortem would be conducted on her body to establish the cause of her death.

Supt Zilawe disclosed that on the same day, they had recorded a fatal accident along the Makalamabedi road which claimed the life of a 39 year old woman (driver) when her car collided with a van that was heading to Makalamabedi from Maun. He said police investigations were ongoing to establish the cause of the accident.

Meanwhile, the police are on a massive search for a 12-year old school going boy who went missing on Monday.

Supt Zilawe revealed that the boy commuted from Samedupi settlement to attend school in Maun, and his parents reported that the he left home at about 1030am as his classes began at 1230pm, but never showed up at school nor return home in the evening.

Supt Zilawe said some eyewitness said they saw the boy hiking at the bus stop where he was picked by a blue

Mazda car, but did not recall its registration number. He appealed to the public to assist the police with information that may lead to identification of the said car. ENDS