KANUNGU – The lifeless body of an elderly woman in Kanungu District was discovered at the door of her home kitchen on Saturday morning after she failed to return home the previous night.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The deceased has been identified as Tindiwegi Medius, 60, a resident of Nyakashozi Cell, Bukorwe Parish, Nyanga Sub-county, and the wife of Yeremia Bakunzi.
Reliable sources indicate that the deceased told her husband, Bakunzi, that she was going to buy tobacco for smoking at 8:00 PM on Thursday, October 29th.
Bakunzi allegedly waited for his wife, but she did not return. Being elderly, he eventually closed the house and went to sleep. Upon waking the following morning, he found his wife’s lifeless body lying at the entrance of their kitchen.
The Kigezi Regional Police spokesperson, SP Nelson Tumushime, confirmed the incident, stating that the police were subsequently notified and a team of officers was dispatched to the scene.
“Our first-hand sources have confirmed that the elderly Mzei Bakunzi Yeremia, the husband of the deceased, waited for his wife to return home in vain. Being elderly, he later closed the house and went to sleep. Upon waking in the morning, he was shocked to find his wife lying lifeless at the entrance of the kitchen,” SP Tumushime noted.
He added that the body was conveyed to Kambuga Hospital for a postmortem examination and appealed to the relatives to remain calm as they await the results of the postmortem report.
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