Mary Zinyero Found Hanging After Going Missing While Collecting Firewood

Police in Dowa are investigating the death of a woman who was found hanging several days after she went missing while collecting firewood.

The deceased has been identified as Mary Zinyero of Kalipande Village, under Senior Chief Mkukula in Dowa District.

According to the deceased’s relative, Jickson Leston, Mary left home on Friday with three other women to collect firewood on Dowa Mountain.

Leston told police that when the group prepared to return home, Zinyero asked her friends to wait for her while she went to collect more firewood. However, she never returned.

Dowa Police spokesperson Alice Sitima said villagers immediately launched a search on the same day but were unable to locate her.

Her body was finally discovered today in another part of the mountain, where she was found hanging.

Sitima said police have opened an investigation to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.