BY NOKUTHABA DLAMINI
A Lupane teen mom has been arrested after police found her seven weeks baby dead with froth coming out from her nose and two hammers placed near the corpse.
Police revealed this in a statement on Monday where the 18-year-old accused was arrested on Saturday following the death of the child.
She has since been charged with infanticide.
Police in Lupane have arrested Gugulethu Khumalo (18) in connection with a case of infanticide in which the suspect’s baby girl (7 weeks) was found dead with froth coming through the nose, in a bedroom hut on 19/01/23 at Tshongogwana Village, Chief Mabhikwa,” police said.
“Two hammers were found on top of blankets next to the body. #notocrime.”
Meanwhile, police in Kadoma are appealing for information which may assist to identify a male adult who was found dead with bruises on the back and a deformed forehead on Sunday.
The man was found lying on the roadside along Harare-Bulawayo Road at the 150km peg.
“A KG Tel (KG18) cellphone which had no battery and sim card, US$7 and ZWL$4 529 cash were found in the left pocket of the jacket which the victim was wearing. Anyone with information to report at any nearest Police Station.”