A Zimbabwean woman has been arrested after she being accused of strangling her 6-year-old stepson to death and trying to set her 8-year-old stepdaughter on fire so that she could inherit her husbandâs house.
The 24-year-old suspect identified as Alice Chikono, allegedly killed Dean Dube with her bare hands on Easter Friday and hid his body in the house.
She then allegedly locked his sister in the bedroom after switching on a stove and covering it with a blanket, apparently hoping the blanket would catch fire and set the room on fire.
Chikono allegedly fled to Harare after making a false report to the police claiming the boy was missing. However, there was a power cut soon after she left the house thereby putting her plans off rail.
By Staff Reporter
A 24-YEAR-OLD Kwekwe woman allegedly killed her 5-year-old stepson through strangling in an incident that has shocked neighbours in her Redcliff community.
Alice Chikomo, a Torwood resident, is believed to have strangled Dean Dube with her bare hands before hiding the minor’s corpse in the house.
Chikomo, according to police sources, went on to lock the boy’s eight-year-old sister in a bedroom she also allegedly tried to set on fire.
She has since been arraigned before Kwekwe magistrate Florence Nago after she was caught in Harare to where she had fled after committing the heinous crime.