POLICE in Gokwe, Midlands province, have launched a manhunt for a suspect who raped and killed a woman before dumping her body in a sewage pond.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday said a herdboy discovered the deceased’s body floating in the pond at Gokwe centre.
“ZRP (Zimbabwe Republic Police) confirms a suspected murder case in which the body of an approximately 18-21-year-old woman was found floating in a sewage pond at Gokwe centre on January 9 at around 6pm,” Mahoko said.
According to police, a 17-year-old boy from Dzavo village under Chief Njelele in Gokwe who was herding cattle discovered the body and rushed home to inform other villagers who subsequently made a report to police.
Mahoko said after the body was retrieved from the pond police observed fresh bruises on the waist and back.“The body was naked and the clothes could not be found, except for a torn undergarment which was (floating) near the deceased,” he said.
“It is suspected the victim might have been sexually abused before being killed.”
