By ALICE NACHILEMBE
A 46-year-old living made has allegedly committed suicide from her employer’s home in Lusaka’s Olympia Township.
Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo said the employer of the victim said that her maid identified as Anastasia Mulenga discovered dead when she had gone to check on her after noticing that she was not responding to the persistent alarm on her phone (maid’s phone) at about 05 00 hours.
Ms Katongo said according to the employer, she did not find Anastasia in the room where she was sleeping and after a search, she found an empty bottle of pesticide namely doom on the floor of the kitchen.
She said the pesticide was bought by the employer and was intending to use it on cockroaches and had stored it in the kitchen display.
Ms Katongo said when she went outside she found the maid dead in a swimming pool.
She said Police visited the scene and found the body in the pool without visible injuries and has been taken to UTH mortuary for postmortem to ascertain the cause of death.
An inquiry in the matter has been launched.
