Man kills wife, son in cold blood

Victor Maphosa

Mashonaland East Bureau

A MAN from Marondera, Ezekiel Chibvongodze, has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife Evelyn Mitchel Katakwe (26) and their son Tawanda (6) in cold blood on Sunday night.

The Herald visited the scene in Nyameni suburb where relatives of the deceased were gathered.

Blood stains were still visible on the floor of the kitchen and outside, and the dining room where Tawanda was allegedly murdered.

A tenant at the house, Mrs Egenia Bhainai, narrated to The Herald what she allegedly heard and saw leading up to the death of the two.

“I was in my room when I heard the woman crying out for help. Aichema achiti ndiri kubaiwa nebanga, ndava kufa ndibatsireiwo (I am being stabbed, help me I am dying),” she said.

“I rushed to their bedroom door and tried to open it but failed as it was locked from inside. I started banging the door and shouting but no one opened it. The woman continued crying helplessly.

“Later on, I heard someone unlock the door and I ran to my bedroom and locked myself inside. I was afraid that the man would also attack me. I then took a peek and saw the woman staggering out while crying and bleeding.”

Mrs Bhainai said the woman then came through her kitchen door and fell outside while her husband rushed out through another door.

She then went out to get help from neighbours and when she came back, she could not find the injured woman where she had left her.

“When I entered their dining room, I saw their son lying on the floor with a knife stuck in his back.”

Mrs Bhainai said she screamed to alert more people and when she went outside to search for the stabbed woman, she then found her lying about 30 metres from the house “breathing faintly”.  “We tried to get a vehicle to take her to the hospital but failed and she died.”

By the time The Herald left the scene, police had arrived with the suspect for indications. No comment could be immediately obtained from the police.