The police have arrested Betty Cherotic in relation to the brutal murder of her husband, Dr. Jino Abiriga.
The deceased was the District Health Officer of Masindi District.
According to Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson, the victim left his home in the morning to attend a friend’s wedding. After the wedding, his driver dropped him off at his home at around 9 p.m.
At around 10 p.m., Abiriga and his wife, Betty Cherotic, went to sleep in their double-roomed house. Their children and dependents, who included Angela Aseru (daughter of the deceased), Maureen Cherotic (stepdaughter), Kenneth Cheprotich (stepson), Jackline Afakoru (niece), and Desire Arinaitwe (daughter of his family friend), also went to sleep in their separate units. The units are enclosed by a fence.
“It was very unfortunate that the victim’s body was found dead, with a deep cut on the neck and multiple cuts on the head and hand and dumped 50 metres away from his residence. An immediate search was conducted at the premises of the deceased, and suspected blood stains were recovered from the walls in the bedroom and from under their marital bed,” Enanga said.
Enanga says that although the wife claims that the victim was called on the phone by someone to go and carry out an operation on a patient and never returned home, there is no evidence yet supporting her claim. She claims the blood stains in her bedroom were from her menstrual cycle.
The forensic experts recovered blood stains and other samples for forensic analysis that will help establish whether the victim was murdered at his house or elsewhere and the body dumped near his home.
Eagle Online has also learnt that the wife stole about Shs80 million from the deceased. The money was reportedly generated after selling one of their pieces of land.
It is said that when the suspect saw police officers, she collapsed and rushed to the health facility for medical attention.
In line with the execution of their mandate, police found one locked room. They broke into the room and found blood stains on the walls, and another blood sample was collected and placed under the bed.
