24 YEAR OLD KITWE WOMAN ON THE RUN AFTER SEMI DECOMPOSED BODY OF HER NEWLY BORN CHILD WAS FOUND IN HER HOUSE
A 24-year-old maid of Kitwe is on the run on suspicion of concealing the birth of her child from her boyfriend.
Martin Mwamba, 32, a Community Crime Prevention Officer (CCPU) reported his girlfriend Leya Kasonde to police after he found what seemed to be a semi decomposed baby boy wrapped in a plastic bag in her twin sisters house.
Mr Mwamba is believed to have made preparations concerning the birth of the baby, but news of the birth was concealed from him.
Copperbelt Province commanding officer Peacewell Mweemba confirmed that police had received a report of concealing birth of children which occurred on Saturday, January 28th, this year.
He said the report was made by Mr Mwamba that his girlfriend Leya who was pregnant had concealed the birth of his child.
“Brief facts are that on a date unknown in the month of April, 2022, Mr Mwamba received information from the suspect that she was pregnant and he saw the pregnancy grow up to last month and they even started preparations for the baby.
On Saturday, January 28, 2023 at around 15:00 hours, he was called to the house of his girlfriend’s twin sister in Mulenga Compound and informed that Leya had developed labour pains, and he organised transport to take her to Mulenga Clinic where she was later referred to Kitwe Teaching Hospital and admitted to Chambishi Female Surgical Ward,” he said.
Mr Mweemba said the suspect was discharged from hospital on yesterday around 10:00 hours and the reporter was invited again to her twin sister’s house where they sat inside the house for a meeting.
“Mr Mwamba at the house smelt a very bad stench like that of rotten meat. He asked the habitants of the house if they were smelling the stench, and all expressed ignorance. He then became suspicious of their facial expressions and demeanor. He searched the house and found a blue plastic bucket containing a blue plastic bag smelling of rotten things. When he opened it, he found a semi decomposed baby wrapped in a chitenge material.”
“The matter was reported at the police post, and a follow up was made where officers searched the suspect’s twin sister’s house and found the dead body of a full-grown baby boy. The remains of the baby were picked and taken to Kitwe Teaching Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem examination. An arrest has not been made as the suspect is at large,” he said.
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