John Ndlovu
Blinded by love, a man from Northend Suburbs in Bulawayo concealed the murder of his daughter to protect his beloved woman.
The 47 year old man has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Republic Police for trying to cover up the death of his daughter who was allegedly murdered by her stepmother.
David Zhou tried to cover up the death of his 6 years old daughter who was slain by her stepmother Priscilla Muchape.
ZRP’s Bulawayo Province Spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube made the startling news on Monday through a statement stating that the crime happened on the 26th of May 2023 when the now deceased and her older sister aged 8 years were awakened during the night to go for recess and the deceased refused which angered the stepmother who assaulted the minor with her bare hands until she collapsed and lost consciousness after screaming once. The scream woke up the father who came up and tried to render first aid to the child that hit a brick wall.
Insp Ncube also revealed that after failing to perform first aid on the child, Zhou and Muchape then ferried her to United Bulawayo Hospital where on arrival the father lied to medical personnel that their child collapsed from epillepsy.
“They then hired a motor vehicle and quickly ferried the now deceased to United Bulawayo Hospitals. Upon arrival at the hospital the father lied to the medical personnel that the now deceased was an epileptic patient who suffered from severe fits, she collapsed and hit her head against the wall under severe seizures and fits.”Insp Ncube said
Inspector Ncube warned the public not to cover up crimes of such nature involving relatives and also appealed to the public to assist the ZRP with information on the whereabouts of the accused person who is now on the run.
The Police statement continues to state postmortem results came revealing that the child’s death was if natural causes hence it was due to brain damage. This then opened a can of worms for investigations which revealed that the child died from injuries sustained from abuse by the stepmother, the father was then arrested, the stepmother ran for it.
“Postmortem was done on the 29th of May 2023 and the results indicated that the cause of death was natural as the child suffered brain injury. The body of the now deceased had multiple injuries, a fresh cut on the left ear, legs, feet and a swollen head. Investigations revealed that the now deceased was not epileptic instead the injuries she suffered were due to abuse by her stepmother. David Zhou was arrested and Priscilla Muchape is still at large.”