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Patients murdered in insurance scam
14 Sep 2016 at 07:48hrs | Views
Police have arrested a Kwekwe General Hospital nurse and her boyfriend as they widen investigations into a case in which patients were drugged and killed before their identification particulars were used to claim insurance cover from Old Mutual Life Assurance Company.One of the victims is now having to be exhumed as part of investigations.
Apart from the case for which the nurse Renica Chakabvapasi (30) and her boyfriend Godwin Takarwa Mugwangi (48) are assisting police with investigations, there are two similar cases that occurred last year. The lovebirds were arrested while claiming money following the death of Lee Mazarire (26).
The deceased's relatives, with the assistance of the police, were yesterday in the process of exhuming the body for further investigations.
The body is expected to undergo another post-mortem. Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said on the two cases that occurred last year, Mugwangi claimed insurance cover for two deceased persons using the same modus operandi.
Source - the herald
