Woman stabs sleeping husband to death
Two army shoes and a toy pistol that belonged to the deceased were also recovered from the house.
Police in Mukono District are holding a 30-year-old woman on charges of murder, after she allegedly stabbed her sleeping husband to death and kept the body in their house for two days.
Ruth Musimenta, an employee at NJ Business Solutions is accused of killing James Nsubuga in the wee hours of the morning of May 18, 2024, at their marital home in Katikamu village, Mpoma Parish, Nama sub-county in Mukono District.
According to SCP Fred Enanga, “the police’s Criminal Intelligence task team picked information indicating how the suspect had planned to bury the body in a shallow grave near a toilet.”
Enanga said “The killer weapon of a knife was recovered.”
Two army shoes and a toy pistol that belonged to the deceased were also recovered from the house.
Police did not divulge details about the toy pistol and the army shoes, however, Mr Enanga condemned such acts of violence and brutality within domestic settings.
Musimenta will be arraigned in court on murder charges.
