Lucia Duve (37) who was killed her pilot boyfriend Tashinga Musonza (29) in Gweru last Monday was laid to rest in Bulawayo yesterday. ...
Lucia Duve (37) who was killed her pilot boyfriend Tashinga
Musonza (29) in Gweru last Monday was laid to rest in Bulawayo yesterday.
Lucia’s father Mr Godwin Duve expressed shock at the death
of her daughter. “I think all of you
want to know what happened as her death was a cause for concern because she did
not die of illness. She was killed. Lucia was our only daughter. The injuries
that she sustained make an unpleasant narration,” he said.
“I had seen her in the morgue at Gweru General Hospital,
she had a wound on her mouth and some bleeding from her nose. I was hoping that
her death was an accident somehow, and not kuti ahh zvangoitikawo munhu arohwa.
I could not listen to all of what the pathologist was telling me. You all know
Lucia was a small bodied person and did not have enough stamina to withstand
the serious blows that she took, to an extent that I asked myself saka anga
achirova papi?
“Her injuries include bleeding from nose and mouth, a
fractured thumb, trauma to the right side of her neck which was said to have
been most likely inflicted by a boot, she had heavy bleeding in her brain and
the doctor who opened her up said her brain was full of blood.
“She had bruised lungs and I can’t make out how that
happened, she also had trauma to her upper back, she had imitations of numerous
blows having been inflicted upon her back. During this conversation I had to
ask the doctor, if Lucia’s death was an accident and he said no, it was not a
mistake. She had numerous blows all supplied to the upper body and it was
severe assault according to the doctor.
“He said the main cause of death was the head injuries and
the heavy bleeding that she had in her brain,” he told the packed Cathedral.
“I pray to God that he forgives her for her sins and I also
pray to God that he gives us as a family peace. I also pray to God that
somewhere in the future with his guidance that we be able to forgive the
perpetrator of this murder because that is what our God wants us to do,” he
said.
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