A 45 year old man in Dowa district was found hanging from a tree with his wife lie dead in their field garden, but the body of their daughter is still missing, Dowa Police says and suspects this was a family matter.
It is suspected that wild animals have eaten the body of the daughter as the dead body of the wife was found with one leg eaten by unidentified wild animals.
According to Police in Dowa district the deceased man identified as Ishmael Chambali Damusi aged 45 from Kachikunda village of T/A Chiwere in the district committed suicide after murdering his wife and 1 and half year old daughter when he suspected cheating by his wife.
Police Public Relations Officer in Dowa, Sergeant Richard Kaponda says police were told by the brother to the deceased woman that the man had warned his wife before that he will kill her when he suspected of her sneaking out with another man.
Sergeant Kaponda says the man had on Friday last weekend gone to the garden together with his wife and the daughter but never came back. The police officer said this surprised neighbours who went to search for the missing family on Sunday.
The police officer said it is suspected that while at their garden, the man murdered his wife Gilina Maliki Chambali aged 33 and daughter Tamandani Chambali of Nyangu village T/A Chiwere in Dowa.
Kaponda said there is strong sign that the man had committed suicide after he strangled his wife and the missing daughter.
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