Police in Dedza are keeping in custody two brothers, Stephani Tebulo, 27 and Yohane Charles, 24 for allegedly conspiring and killing their 55 year old aunt, Chrissy Jeffrey.

Dedza Police Public Relations Officer, Edward Kabango, said the two brothers were staying together with Jeffrey, who was an elder sister to their mother.

He said the two suspects were looking for an opportunity to steal money which she had realised after selling farm produce since Jeffrey was a farmer.

On top of that, she got K85,000 from an organisation that supports Fistula patients since she was a patient.

“On the night of the 20th, the two suspects woke up and went to the room of their aunt armed with Panga knives. They hacked their aunt on the head and managed to get away with undisclosed amount of money. After noting that she was dead, they took the deadbody to Chikuya stream where they dumped her,” he said.

Postmortem results showed that she died due to head injuries.

The two later fled to Domue in Mozambique where they were arrested and are expected to answer a murder charge.

The deceased as well as the suspects come from Sichole Village in the area of Traditional Authority Kachere in Dedza.