December 15, 2020 Kondwani Magombo - Mana 2 Comments
A 25-year-old woman in Mangochi has committed suicide by drowning herself and three-week-old baby in Lake Malawi, Mangochi Police confirmed on Monday.
The Police identified the woman as Brenda Francis and the incident occurred Sunday morning at Mwawa Fishing dock in the district.
According to Mangochi Police Station Deputy Public Relations Officer, Sub-Inspector Amina Daudi, the two were married recently and they had a daughter between them in November.
She said preliminary investigations have revealed that the two had family wrangles since the birth of the child and that on the evening of Saturday of the child when the woman went missing.
The incident occurred in the morning of December 13, 2020 at Mwawa Fishing dock in Mangochi.
It is reported that, Brenda was a sex worker operating at Makawa Trading Centre before she met her husband. The two got married and had a daughter who was born last month.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that since the birth of the child, the couple had been having family wrangles.
During the evening of December 12, 2020, the husband came home from his fishing business and found his wife writing a letter. After quizzing her, she told him that the letter was for the landlord.
Few minutes later, the wife sneaked out of the house with the baby. The husband looked for them, but it proved futile. She was later found floating along the Lake Malawi with the baby on her back.