A female suspect has been picked by police for interrogation in connection with the brutal murder of a Ndola Catholic Priest.
Father Deodatus Mbebe 50, of Saint Joseph Mission in Kalulushi District was found in a pool of blood with multiple head injuries and a broken right arm.
Copperbelt Acting Police Commanding Officer Sharon Zulu said Father Mbebe’s body was found in Pamodzi Township in Ndola with a concrete block next to his side.
Ms Zulu said the body was found on Saturday around 21:30 hours by members of the public who declined to disclose their particulars.
She said Father Mbebe was only identified yesterday by Father Felena Lambe ,Major Superior for the Franciscan of Malawi and Zambia.
Ms. Zulu said the body was found 50 meters away from Justina Luchele’s home and two of his phones, a Catholic robe, shoes and two wrist watches were found in her home.
She said investigations further revealed that the lady is a nurse at Arthur Davison Children’s Hospital and the two have been in a relationship since 2002.
Ms. Zulu said the lady explained that the deceased left her place around 16:00 hours while driving her vehicle going to Ndola bowling club and never returned.
On Sunday at 07: 00 hours Muleba Simon, Fibobe ward councilor who happens to be a childhood friend to Father Mbebe received a phone call from Ms Justina Luchele inquiring about the whereabouts of the boyfriend.
The funeral gathering is at Franciscan Centre in Ndola and burial is set for this Wednesday at St. Theresa Mission in Ibenga, Mpongwe.
Ba father nabo!!!
Catholic priest with a girlfriend since 2002? What am I missing here?
These ZP are dull. No wonder innocent people like Mumbi are in jail.
This case, is straightforward:
Fr, went to his girlfriend and took off stuff as usual.
Another guy showed up, beat him with concrete block to death.
The reporting is so haphazard you have to make out what happened from the spatterings the reporter throws at you! The intro says he is a Ndola Catholic priest. The next sentence says he is from Kalulushi, some 60km away from Ndola. What significance is “found 50 meters away from Justina Luchele’s home and …”
I give up
@Nostradamus that seems logical. Would a girfriend kill a Catholic priest? What for? These guys have no money or have they?
To produce a Catholic priest t akes time, finances and concerted effort. It’s heart breaking and very disappointing for everything to end in this way.
To train a Catholic priest takes time, finances and concerted effort. It’s heart breaking and very disappointing for everything to end in this way.
#1. And his friend kept this secret for twenty years?
Yeah, this is certainly interesting. I reckon he was ‘married’ to her in some way if he left things at her house.
I hope we get to find out the motive behind his killing.
These are the people you go to for martial advice …really laughable.
*…marital advice
Cathoric Priest with a girlfriend for 20 years…nothing surprises me anymore…..Kaizar Zulu is at Westeminister Abbey putting the queen to rest…..
Yes, the crown needs slaves from the “commonwealth” to serve the guests with tea and biscuits…the UK based Impostor is busy plus a lot of agency work available as Guides and crowd Marshalls.
Really laughable so this man with a robe has had a girlfriend for 20 years and you are picking the girlfriend/ wif e for what? What can be the motive for her to murder him, the chap was driving her vehicle she has a career as a nurse and she called wondering where he was, she was nowhere near the scene of the crime. Please Justina Luchele relatives get a lawyer for her because our Police are too lazy and ill-equipped to tackle such a crime without torturing the innocent.
Our Police can only get a conviction if its a defamation of the president case.
“….the body was found 50 meters away from Justina Luchele’s home and two of his phones, a Catholic robe, shoes and two wrist watches were found in her home.”
So where is the vehicle and what was on him…this is a very poor collection of evidence and writing statements; was the body dumbed there…does this priest have another place where he lives. These ZP fooooools have already messed up the case
Correct. They should report serious investigation findings
You don’t need investigations to find out that the lady is a nurse at Arthur Davison Hospital
#4.2 Tarino Orange… yes it’s sad that someone takes vows of celibacy but goes privately to play with women.
The truth is that most of these people don’t go there to serve God but to earn a living.
Personally I wouldn’t involve a priest in my marital affairs.
@7 Tarino Orange
How come i didn’t see you in the audience. at Westminister Abbey….can i do UBER for the Royal family….Kaizar Zulu used to be grave digger at Chingwere cemetary in Lusaka so its a honor for him to dig the grave for Queen Elizabeth….you wont see Kaizar Zulu on Lusaka Times for a few days…
Celibacy has failed, don’t mock God. There’s nothing wrong with marriage. After all it was ordained by God.
@Tarino Orange there were two drinks KK’s industries introduced after Coca-Cola and Fanta disappeared. The Orange one was Tarino. What was the dark one?
Raspberry!!
Pepsi Cola
Saulosi – was the brown one.
Take time and watch crime TV, you will have a better understanding and analysis of cases. So far what I see all bloggers seam to be of the same opinion seemingly our police too.
The wife of Tembo waited for MMD wrangles to clear her hubby. Little minds concluded that Chiluba murdered him. Criminals are far clever than any blogger I have seen here. The fact that almost everyone thinks the same way is a disaster for zambia’s critical thinking.
CK – you must be in ZP…really laughable