Perpetua Murungweni
Clothes believed to belong to a 27 year-old man from Mupfungami village under Chief Zimuto who went missing while herding cattle were recently found in the grazing area the man was last seen.
The discovery of the deceased, Leopold Mamhofa’s clothes have led to people now suspecting that he could be dead.
Masvingo Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the missing person case and said police attended the scene but could not find Leopold’s body and they are still investigating the case.
“The police attended the scene and could not find Leopold’s body and they are still investigating what transpired,” said Dhewa.
Sources said on the day in question, Mamhofa went to herd cattle as usual; at around 3 pm on that particular day a woman named Joyce Kwavatini went to Mamhofa’s home with his cattle claiming that they had destroyed her crops.
Lazarus Mamhofa who is Leopold’s father went to the grazing lands in search of his son and on his way he met a villager who told him that he saw his son’s clothes covered in blood in the bush a few metres from Pokoteke River.
After seeing his son’s clothes, Lazarus then went and reported to Zimuto police camp and the police attended the scene.
