The boy, identified as Salifya Sinkala, a Grade Two pupil, was reportedly stabbed multiple times in the throat.
According to police, Frank Sinkala, 42, of Nchanga North had been on the run after allegedly killing his former wife, Chomba Chanda, 40, of Chiwempala Township on March 4, 2026.
It is alleged that after committing the act, Sinkala went to Chiwempala Township where his son was staying with his mother, picked him up and took him to an unknown location. The bodies of both the father and son were later discovered on March 6, 2026.
Copperbelt Province Police Commanding Officer Mwala Yuyi confirmed the incident in a statement, saying it occurred between March 4, 2026 around 06:00 hours and March 6, 2026 around 05:30 hours.
“Brief facts of the matter are that on March 6, 2026 at around 05:00 hours, the reporter, a 22-year-old man, went jogging behind the Nchanga Rangers stadium and while jogging, he came across the dead body of a boy lying on the ground in a pool of blood,” Yuyi said.
He said the man immediately reported the matter to Derricky Chiludika Police Post.
Police officers who visited the scene found the boy’s body lying on the ground facing upwards. A physical inspection revealed cuts on the neck, swelling at the back of the head and bruises on the body.
Officers also recovered several items from the scene, including a brown cap, a bunch of keys, a blue bag, a knife, a brown face towel, black small plastic slippers and a small notebook containing the names of the deceased boy, his father and five different phone numbers.
During a further search of the area, officers discovered Sinkala hanging from a tree using a blue rope approximately three metres away from his son.
Yuyi said police also observed blood stains on the father’s hands, forehead and on the brown hood he was wearing.
The bodies of the father and son were later picked up and deposited at Ncha
