BY KENNETH NYANGANI POLICE in Marange, Manicaland province, have recovered bodies of a 33-year-old woman and her two minor children from a local dam, amid fears she could have committed suicide following a domestic dispute with her polygamous husband.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying investigations into the matter are underway.
1/2 The ZRP is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman (33) and her two minor children (aged one week and three years) at Mayedzengwa Village, Marange on 17/11/21.
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“We are investigating a case were a Marange woman Elizabeth Mukachiki aged (33) and her two children Kelvin Bonyongwa aged (3) and Costin Bonyongwa, a young brother to Kelvin were found dead in a dam after she had gone missing,” Nyathi said.
He said the bodies were discovered on Wednesday in a dam located in Mayedzengwa village, under Chief Marange.
“Investigations show that the now deceased had a domestic dispute with her polygamous husband,” Nyathi said.
