BULAWAYO – Bulawayo police are investigating a double homicide after a 56-year-old man was found hanged meters from his wife’s dead body.
Police believe Simon Dube murdered his wife, Cecilia Lunga, and then committed suicide.
The bodies were found in a bushy area between Mahatshula North and Woodville suburbs on July 11 by residents gathering firewood.
Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele of Bulawayo police said the two bodies were later positively identified by their son-in-law.
In a statement on Monday, Msebele said: “On July 11, 2023, at around 12.30PM, a male adult aged 38 of Mahatshula North who was looking for firewood in a busy area between Mahatshula and Woodville Park when he saw a body of a female adult lying on the ground across a small path he was using. He reported the matter to the police.
“On the same day around 5PM, another male adult who was looking for firewood in the same general area heard a phone ringing several times with no-one responding to it. He went closer to where the phone was ringing and discovered a male adult hanging from the tree. The informant then called police who were just 100 meters away attending the Cecilia Lunga murder scene.”
Cash and identity cards were found on Dube’s body.
Police are encouraging members of the public to share their problems with relatives, church elders and any trusted individuals to avoid similar tragedies.
