Lilongwe Police arrest Agnes Katengeza’s murder suspect, recover stolen valuables

Lilongwe Police Station has arrested Amos Katengeza, 27, (brother), for being suspected of masterminding and taking an active part in the brutal murder of Agnes Katengeza, 44, who until her death was a Network Administrator at the Reserve Bank of Malawi, Lilongwe, whose body was found dumped in her own official Sportage car, registration number BY 4159, that was parked behind Gateway Mall by her assailants on September 24, 2023 at around 13:00 hours.

Police have also recovered various items that were stolen from late Katengeza, before and after her brutal death, that include ENVY HP laptop, Iphone 13 min cellphone, Ipad, Power bank, an expand lugguage and a carton that contained cosmetics.

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Driven by winds of intelligence, a team of Area 3 Police detectives went to Blantyre a week ago, tracing an iphone 6, that was stolen from the house of late Katengeza, almost four months prior to her brutal murder incident.

Whilst in Blantyre, the team took for questioning a cellphone technician who acknowledged receiving the said iPhone 6, and said that he wiped out the gadget’s icloud account bearing late Katengeza’s name, upon advice from the suspect.

After further grilling, he later revealed to have also received from the suspect, an Iphone, iPad and laptop, for the similar task, gadgets that also had Katengeza’s names.

During the time of his arrest after days of manhunt, upon search the suspect was found with an iPad and a power bank, these are some of the items that were stolen from late Katengeza during the time of her gruesome murder.

The team later recovered ENVY HP laptop from a certain businessman within Blantyre market, who also claimed to have acquired the gadget from the suspect.

The law enforcers then went on to trace and recover Iphone 13, that was sold by the suspect at K500 thousand in Maputo, Mozambique.

Meanwhile, Amos (suspect), who is a brother to the deceased, but from another family, has told police to have taken an active role in the brutal killing of Agnes Katengeza.

The suspect stayed with late Katengeza, and was the person who publicized the news of the purported missing of Agnes, on September 23, 2023 at around 14:00 hours.

Police have also discovered that after the brutal killing of Katengeza, the suspect (Amos),  took the said recovered items that were in Agnes’ possession, and sent them to a certain person in Blantyre through a courier service.

Currently, police manhunt for Amos’ accomplices who are at large, is still underway.

Amos Katengeza (suspect), hails from Kachitsa Village, whilst Agnes Katengeza (deceased), hailed from Kalembo Village, both from Traditional Authority Chiwere in Dowa.