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Woman in trance reveals four 10-year-old murders
25 Nov 2015 at 05:21hrs | Views
POLICE are investigating a bizarre case in which a white Bulawayo businessman allegedly killed and buried four people more than 10 years ago. This came to light after his gardener's wife fell into a trance and claimed to be communicating with the dead people. The 33-year-old woman allegedly falls into a trance and strange voices believed to be those of the murder victims come out of her mouth.
The dead people allegedly describe how the businessman killed them and indicate where their bodies can be found at the man's Hillside suburb house. Members of the woman's church reported the suspected murders at Hillside Police Station on Monday, according to investigators.
Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Precious Simango yesterday confirmed the incident. "We're investigating a case where a woman is claiming that some people were killed and buried in shallow graves. Police officers went with pathologists to dig up the graves but I haven't received the results," said Insp Simango.
The woman, who started getting possessed on Sunday, said the dead people, who include a white prostitute, were demanding to be exhumed. The house has been under police guard since Monday. Sources close to investigations said police dug up one of the two shallow graves where two of the people were reportedly buried after being killed and wrapped in plastic by the white man.
They, however, found nothing and the woman claimed it was difficult to find the bones because the businessman poured acid on the bodies before burying them. Police sources yesterday said the businessman claimed that he buried a dog in the alleged shallow grave while the woman insisted he buried two people.
"The woman is claiming that one of the people who were killed by the white man was a builder from Plumtree who plastered his garage and never got paid. The builder decided to steal two of the man's goats but he was caught and killed," said the source.
"The woman claimed that the other victim was a white prostitute who had a relationship with the white man. "She visited him and even brought him a sculpture as a present. They later had a misunderstanding and he shot her dead before burying her in a shallow grave," said the source.
He said the woman claimed that the third victim was a "beautiful" housemaid from Dangamvura in Mutare who the man strangled to death with a cable after she had a relationship with the white man's friend.
"The woman claims the white man finished off the housemaid with a gun in his garage before burying her in the shallow grave," the source said. One of the woman's church mates, who also declined to be named, said it was a disturbing development as she would refuse to breastfeed her baby when she fell into a trance.
"She's been falling into the trances since Sunday and different voices claiming to be people that were killed by the white man have been coming out of her mouth. "We had to report the matter to the police so that investigations could be carried out to find out if what she's claiming is true," said the church mate.
The dead people allegedly describe how the businessman killed them and indicate where their bodies can be found at the man's Hillside suburb house. Members of the woman's church reported the suspected murders at Hillside Police Station on Monday, according to investigators.
Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Precious Simango yesterday confirmed the incident. "We're investigating a case where a woman is claiming that some people were killed and buried in shallow graves. Police officers went with pathologists to dig up the graves but I haven't received the results," said Insp Simango.
The woman, who started getting possessed on Sunday, said the dead people, who include a white prostitute, were demanding to be exhumed. The house has been under police guard since Monday. Sources close to investigations said police dug up one of the two shallow graves where two of the people were reportedly buried after being killed and wrapped in plastic by the white man.
They, however, found nothing and the woman claimed it was difficult to find the bones because the businessman poured acid on the bodies before burying them. Police sources yesterday said the businessman claimed that he buried a dog in the alleged shallow grave while the woman insisted he buried two people.
"The woman claimed that the other victim was a white prostitute who had a relationship with the white man. "She visited him and even brought him a sculpture as a present. They later had a misunderstanding and he shot her dead before burying her in a shallow grave," said the source.
He said the woman claimed that the third victim was a "beautiful" housemaid from Dangamvura in Mutare who the man strangled to death with a cable after she had a relationship with the white man's friend.
"The woman claims the white man finished off the housemaid with a gun in his garage before burying her in the shallow grave," the source said. One of the woman's church mates, who also declined to be named, said it was a disturbing development as she would refuse to breastfeed her baby when she fell into a trance.
"She's been falling into the trances since Sunday and different voices claiming to be people that were killed by the white man have been coming out of her mouth. "We had to report the matter to the police so that investigations could be carried out to find out if what she's claiming is true," said the church mate.
Source - chronicle
