The Nakasongola District Police Commander says that after the murder, the suspect dug two graves in a forest near his home and secretly buried the deceased there.
Police in Nakasongola district have arrested a man for allegedly killing
his wife and daughter before he secretly buried them in a forest.
Daniel Toyo of Kalungu village in Wabinyonyi sub-county has been arrested for killing his wife Kate Acio alias
Kisakye aged 24 years and his three-year-old daughter.
Toyo who a charcoal burner is alleged to have killed the two on 16th
December 2022 but Police recovered the dead bodies on Saturday 21st
January this year after a tip-off from his friend.
It is alleged that on a fateful day at around 6;00am, Toyo
developed a misunderstanding with his wife which escalated into a fight that left her and the child dead. Toyo allegedly used a hoe and hit the
wife on the head.
Brians Ampaire the Nakasongola District Police Commander
says that after the murder, the suspect dug two graves in the local
forest near his home and secretly buried the deceased there.
Ampaire explains that Police arrested Toyo on Saturday 21st
January after getting being tipped off by his friend who had visited him recently
at his home located on the farm and stumbled upon bones as well as clothes of
the deceased which had been partly exhumed by dogs.
“The suspect confessed to the murder and took us to
the scene where we found some body parts on the surface because the graves were
not deep," said the DPC. "We also recovered the hoe used in murder hidden about 100 meters away, and spade used for digging the
grave.”
Ampaire said that the Police are waiting for a court order to
exhume the dead bodies for postmortem and hand them to bereaved relatives for decent burial as
the investigations into the matter go on.
Toyo is facing murder charges on file CRB 07/2023 at Katuugo
Police Station.
Andrew Ndemezi, a resident says that the suspect lived on an
isolated farm which made it difficult for locals to learn about the
murder soon.
Ndemezi however said that the suspect was a drug addict and alcoholic
which could have led him to commit the murder.
Domestic violence remains among the most reported crimes
across the country.
According to the last Police crime report, at least 376 people were
killed in domestic violence in the year 2021.
A total of 17,533 cases were reported to Police across the
country. Police listed drug abuse as one of the causes of domestic violence.
